OECD States Cut 2025 Aid 23.1% to $174.3 Billion, G7 Share Falls to 69.1%

2 articles · Updated · Geneva Solutions · Jun 16

$174.3 billion in official development assistance was provided by OECD members in 2025, down 23.1% from 2024 in the steepest annual drop on record.
G7 countries drove much of the decline, cutting aid by $48 billion and reducing their share of global development assistance to 69.1% from about 75% in recent years.
Germany cut aid 17.4%, France 10.9% and Poland 19%, while Spain, Luxembourg and Hungary increased contributions, underscoring an uneven pullback across donors.
At the Evian G7 summit, Oxfam and ONE said the cuts leave poorer countries exposed to debt stress, food inflation and health risks, especially after the US dismantled USAID.
The NGOs urged the G7 minus the US to fill the gap through higher aid, debt relief and windfall-profit taxes as Iran and Ukraine overshadow development on the summit agenda.

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Global Development Aid Plummets by 23% in 2025: Unprecedented Cuts, Geopolitical Shifts, and Humanitarian Fallout

Overview

In 2025, global Official Development Assistance (ODA) saw an unprecedented decline, with sharp reductions in aid to the world’s most vulnerable regions. Bilateral aid to Least Developed Countries dropped by 25.8%, and support for sub-Saharan Africa fell by 26.3%. At the same time, a major shift occurred as donor countries reallocated significant resources to Ukraine, even as overall aid to Ukraine initially decreased due to reduced US support. Despite some countries increasing their contributions to Ukraine, the overall trend marked a dramatic reordering of global aid priorities, leaving critical needs in other regions unmet.

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