EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

In 2020, EU and its Member States maintained their position as world’s largest donor of official development assistance

Brussels, 14/04/2021 (Agence Europe)

With €66.8 billion in official development assistance (ODA) in 2020, the EU, its Member States, and the EIB have retained their position as the world’s largest donor, according to preliminary data from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), published on 13 April (see EUROPE B12697A7).

This is an increase of 15% in nominal terms, representing 0.50% of cumulative GNI (compared to 0.31% for the average of the 29 DAC countries) and 46% of the USD 161.2 billion allocated by rich...