Which African countries are big recipients of Official Development Assistance (ODA)[1]?
There are a number of ways to compare. One way is to compare the nominal amount of aid received by each country. That puts Ethiopia as the 2nd top aid recipient of ODA, next to Côte d’Ivoire – with USD 1,839 bil and USD 2,102, respectively – according to WB MDG report of 2014.
A more sensible way is Per capita comparison – the amount of the aid divided by the population of the recipient country.
The list below shows the top aid receiving countries in Africa in 2013.[2]
* Ethiopia received US $ 41.6 and $US 41.2 per person in 2012 and in 2013 respectively.
* Ethiopia is placed 32nd in terms of aid it receives per person ($41.2) while Kenya is 13th receiving $ 130.1 and Botswana 33rd receiving $ 39.8.
The data in the table was calculated on the basis of USD Per Capita ODA. That is – the dollar amount of aid per person a country received. (The previous year data is also provided for a reference).
|
Country |
Per-Capita (US$) 2012 |
Per-Capita (US$) 2013 |
|
|
1. |
Libya |
7440.3 |
553 623.7 |
|
2. |
Sao Tome and Principe |
665.9 |
995.3 |
|
3. |
Somalia |
246.5 |
530 |
|
4. |
Mauritius |
222.9 |
338.8 |
|
5. |
Cabo Verde |
364.3 |
270.4 |
|
6. |
Swaziland |
150.8 |
210.8 |
|
7. |
Congo, Dem. Republic |
118.8 |
198 |
|
8. |
Côte d’Ivoire |
123.6 |
187.6 |
|
9. |
Djibouti |
164.4 |
172.7 |
|
10. |
Rwanda |
140.4 |
168.8 |
|
11. |
Togo |
117.9 |
153.6 |
|
12. |
Namibia |
133.5 |
145.6 |
|
13. |
Kenya |
88 |
130.1 |
|
14. |
Lesotho |
123.3 |
126 |
|
15. |
Zambia |
90.7 |
103.4 |
|
16. |
Mali |
90.9 |
103 |
|
17. |
Senegal |
91 |
100.5 |
|
18. |
Mauritania |
101 |
97.6 |
|
19. |
Gambia |
83.3 |
91.1 |
|
20. |
Mozambique |
87.7 |
89.9 |
|
21. |
Tunisia |
73.3 |
86.7 |
|
22. |
Ghana |
76.2 |
79.9 |
|
23. |
Benin |
71.1 |
68 |
|
24. |
Central African Republic |
61.9 |
63.3 |
|
25. |
Morocco |
47.3 |
58.4 |
|
26. |
Sierra Leone |
64.2 |
57.7 |
|
27. |
Burundi |
60.7 |
54.5 |
|
28. |
Guinea-Bissau |
64.1 |
53.5 |
|
29. |
Zimbabwe |
54.4 |
52.6 |
|
30. |
Liberia |
96.7 |
50.5 |
|
31. |
Burkina Faso |
52.8 |
47.7 |
|
32. |
Ethiopia |
41.6 |
41.2 |
|
33. |
Botswana |
49.8 |
39.8 |
|
34. |
Cameroon |
35.1 |
39.6 |
|
35. |
Comoros |
51.2 |
38.3 |
|
36. |
South Africa |
31 |
38.1 |
|
37. |
Seychelles |
95.3 |
37.2 |
|
38. |
Chad |
38.6 |
36.4 |
|
39. |
Uganda |
40.7 |
36.1 |
|
40. |
Tanzania |
42.4 |
34 |
|
41. |
Malawi |
39.2 |
29.7 |
|
42. |
Eritrea |
29.7 |
29.4 |
|
43. |
Niger |
34 |
28.6 |
|
44. |
Gabon |
35.2 |
25.1 |
|
45. |
Guinea |
19 |
17.7 |
|
46. |
Madagascar |
16.2 |
13.7 |
|
47. |
Nigeria |
9.6 |
8.2 |
|
48. |
Sudan |
13.6 |
7.3 |
|
49. |
Angola |
8.3 |
6.8 |
|
50. |
Algeria |
6 |
6.2 |
|
51. |
Equatorial Guinea |
9.3 |
2.6 |
|
52. |
Egypt |
3.4 |
2.3 |
|
53. |
Congo |
11.6 |
2.2 |
Notes:-
[1] Official development assistance ODA: relates to grants or concessional loans (i.e. with a grant element of at least 25 percent), undertaken by the official sector, whose main objective is the promotion of economic development and welfare.
[2] Data source: The African Statistical Yearbook 2014 produced jointly by the three pan-African institutions: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission, (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
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