Aid to the Global South plummeted in 2025, putting millions of lives at risk. Explore the most significant trends within this preliminary data in the following infographics.

DAC-CSO Reference Group statement on the preliminary Official Development Assistance figures for 2025.

• New OECD data shows aid to the Global South fell by an unprecedented 23.1% in real terms in 2025, putting millions of lives at risk
• EU countries slash their aid budgets by 10% while institutions report cuts of 13.8% - sending the wrong signal to the Global South
• Ukraine alone received US$ 44.9 billion in ODA, nearly 26% of total ODA
• Amid debt and war spillover hitting the Global South, an urgent course correction is needed

This report is the first comprehensive civil society examination of how changes to the rules – known as the ‘ODA modernisation’ process – have reshaped international aid. It argues that a genuine overhaul of the aid system must now take place, with Global South countries in the driving seat.

Official Development Assistance in 2024 dropped for the first time since 2017, sounding alarm bells for the future of aid. These infographics highlight the key trends from the preliminary data release by the OECD DAC.

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• The first drop in ODA since 2017 sounds alarm bells for the future of aid, as new figures highlight a 7.1 per cent decrease
• The world’s poorest countries are among the most impacted. Just 16.5 per cent of aid reached Least Developed Countries in 2024, while 13.1 per cent remained in rich countries
• Will rich countries abandon aid in 2025? A panel of experts from Concord, Eurodad, Oxfam and Reality of Aid will answer this question on 23 April at 14h CEST. Register here

Preliminary aid figures for 2024 are a wake-up call for rich countries

Reaction of the DAC CSO Reference Group to the release of the preliminary ODA numbers for 2024.

The United Nations Development Cooperation Forum is unique in convening all actors under the UN umbrella to address issues that are elsewhere discussed in disparate institutional and policy silos, yet it struggles to gain influence and traction.  Strengthening this forum can be a first step towards renewing and heightening global commitments on international development cooperation.

• Despite a slight increase in overall ODA (1.6 per cent in real terms), today’s aid figures show less than a quarter goes to the world’s poorest.
• The governance of development cooperation urgently needs to be reformed at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in June.