Quantity
Most official development assistance (ODA) came from the 23 members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), or about $120 billion in 2009. In 2007 a further $11.8 billion came from the European Commission while all non-DAC countries gave $5.56 billion.
The largest DAC donors in 2009 were the European Union $80,655 billion out of world $120 billion, United States (USD 28.8 billion), France ($12.6 billion), Germany ($12.1 billion), United Kingdom ($11.5 billion) and Japan ($9.5 billion). The largest non-DAC donors in 2007 were Saudi Arabia ($2 billion) and Turkey ($0.6 billion). However, none of these countries met the UN target of giving at least 0.7 percent of the Gross National Income (GNI) as aid. United States (0.21% of GNI) and Japan (0.18% of GNI) were ranked 19 and 21 respectively out of the 23 DAC countries. The only countries meeting the targets in 2009 were Sweden (1.12% of GNI), Norway (1.06% of GNI), Luxembourg (1.04% of GNI), Denmark (0.88% of GNI), and the Netherlands (0.82% of GNI).
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