Foreign aid: where it goes Every dollar of economic and military assistance the United States paid out to other countries and international programs in fiscal year 2025: where it went, what it was for, and which agencies ran it.
$47.8B
disbursed in fiscal year 2025
0.7 cents
of every federal dollar spent
183
countries received some
$48.3B
obligated (committed) in the year
Disbursements are money paid out in the year, whenever it was committed; obligations are what was committed in the year, whenever it is paid. Aid to a region or to the world as a whole (a global health program, a contribution to a multilateral fund) is not counted under any one country, and is listed apart. Agencies keep reporting for a year or more, so fiscal year 2025 is as published on September 2, 2026 and can still rise.
Where and why Countries Regional and worldwide Purposes Agencies Accounts Over time Awards abroad Where it went and what it was for By region Worldwide and multi-region programs 26.7% $12.7B Sub-Saharan Africa 25.1% $12.0B Europe and Eurasia 16.9% $8.06B Middle East and North Africa 16.3% $7.77B Western Hemisphere 6.0% $2.85B East Asia and Oceania 5.2% $2.48B South and Central Asia 3.9% $1.88B Total 100% $47.8B Embed this chart By purpose Health 22.9% $10.9B Humanitarian Assistance 18.8% $8.99B Economic Development 17.1% $8.17B Peace and Security 15.6% $7.45B Program Support 12.9% $6.18B Multi-sector 6.2% $2.95B The other 3 purposes 6.4% $3.08B Total 100% $47.8B Embed this chart Every country 183 countries received $31.5B between them. Open a country for what the aid was for, who ran it, and every year since 2001.
Regional and worldwide programs Aid paid to a region or to the world as a whole rather than to one country: global health and humanitarian programs, contributions to multilateral funds and development banks, and regional missions.
What it was for By the U.S. government’s own sectors. Open a purpose for the sectors inside it.
Health: $10.9BHIV/AIDS $6.84B62.5% Malaria $738M6.7% Maternal and Child Health $672M6.1% Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats (PIOET) $613M5.6% Nutrition $568M5.2% Water Supply and Sanitation $411M3.8% Health - General $361M3.3% Family Planning and Reproductive Health $335M3.1% Tuberculosis $249M2.3% Other Public Health Threats $150M1.4% Embed this chart Humanitarian Assistance: $8.99BProtection, Assistance and Solutions $7.74B86.2% Migration Management $756M8.4% Disaster Readiness $477M5.3% Humanitarian Assistance - General $9.7M0.1% Embed this chart Economic Development: $8.17BMacroeconomic Foundation for Growth $5.28B64.6% Infrastructure $1.12B13.7% Agriculture $1.12B13.7% Private Sector Competitiveness $455M5.6% Trade and Investment $105M1.3% Labor Policies and Markets $35M0.4% Economic Development - General $34M0.4% Financial Sector $20M0.2% Economic Opportunity $9.8M0.1% Mining and Natural Resources $2.4M<0.1% Manufacturing $611k<0.1% Embed this chart Peace and Security: $7.45BStabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform $6.35B85.2% Counter-Terrorism $399M5.3% Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation $270M3.6% Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) $138M1.8% Transnational Crime $124M1.7% Peace and Security - General $117M1.6% Counter-Narcotics $56M0.8% Embed this chart Program Support: $6.18BDirect Administrative Costs $6.12B99.1% Monitoring and Evaluation $53M0.9% Embed this chart Multi-sector: $2.95BMulti-sector - Unspecified $2.52B85.4% International Contributions $431M14.6% Embed this chart Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance: $1.68BRule of Law and Human Rights $558M33.1% Good Governance $551M32.7% Civil Society $393M23.4% Political Competition and Consensus-Building $126M7.5% Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance - General $54M3.2% Embed this chart Education and Social Services: $1.09BBasic Education $535M49.1% Policies, Regulations, and Systems $289M26.5% Higher Education $242M22.2% Education and Social Services - General $24M2.2% Social Services $152k<0.1% Social Assistance $86k<0.1% Embed this chart Environment: $306MEnvironment - General $193M63.0% Natural Resources and Biodiversity $80M26.0% Clean Productive Environment $23M7.4% Environment $11M3.6% Embed this chart Which agencies ran it The managing agency, the one that ran each program. In fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development managed 49.6% of the aid disbursed and the Department of State 34.3%. Who pays and who manages can differ: the accounts below are where the money was appropriated.
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID $23.7B49.6% Department of StateSTATE $16.4B34.3% Department of the TreasuryTREAS $1.86B3.9% Department of Health and Human ServicesHHS $1.72B3.6% Department of DefenseDOD $1.21B2.5% Millennium Challenge CorporationMCC $780M1.6% Department of the InteriorDOI $714M1.5% Department of AgricultureAGR $507M1.1% Peace CorpsPC $469M1.0% Department of EnergyDOE $342M0.7% Department of LaborDOL $35M0.1% Trade and Development AgencyTDA $31M0.1% Show the other 5 agencies Inter-American FoundationIAF $30M0.1% African Development FoundationADF $7.7M<0.1% Environmental Protection AgencyEPA $3.3M<0.1% Department of CommerceDOC $492k<0.1% Department of TransportationDOT $307k<0.1% Embed this chart The accounts that paid for it The appropriation accounts the money came from, as Congress names them, largest first.
Department of State, Global Health ProgramsSTATE · 19x1031 $9.36B19.6% Economic Support FundUSAID · 72x1037 $7.60B15.9% Agency for International Development, International Disaster AssistanceUSAID · 72x1035 $5.26B11.0% Foreign Military Financing ProgramSTATE · 11x1082 $4.51B9.4% Department of State, Migration and Refugee AssistanceSTATE · 19x1143 $2.69B5.6% Agency for International Development, Development AssistanceUSAID · 72x1021 $2.57B5.4% Agency for International Development, Operating ExpensesUSAID · 72x1000 $1.64B3.4% Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related ProgramsSTATE · 11x1075 $1.62B3.4% Public Law 480 Title II GrantsAGR · 12x2278 $1.46B3.1% International Development AssociationTREAS · 20x0073 $1.38B2.9% International Narcotics Control and Law EnforcementSTATE · 11x1022 $1.30B2.7% Presidential Drawdown AuthorityDOD · 97xDPDA $986M2.1% Millennium Challenge Corporation, ExpensesMCC · 95x2750 $780M1.6% Agency for International Development, HIV/AIDS Working Capital FundUSAID · 72x1033 $742M1.6% Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia (AEECA)USAID · 72x0306 $731M1.5% Department of Interior, Compact of Free Association, Insular AffairsDOI · 14x0415 $700M1.5% Peace Keeping OperationsSTATE · 11x1032 $566M1.2% Sovereign Credit Program AccountUSAID · 72x1560 $535M1.1% Peace CorpsPC · 11x0100 $442M0.9% Department of State, International Organizations and ProgramsSTATE · 19x1005 $430M0.9% Show the other 40 accounts Department of Energy, Defense Nuclear NonproliferationDOE · 89x0309 $342M0.7% McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program GrantsAGR · 12x2903 $257M0.5% Contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentTREAS · 20x0077 $256M0.5% Commodity Credit Corporation FundAGR · 12x4336 $232M0.5% Department of State, Democracy FundSTATE · 19x1121 $188M0.4% U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance FundSTATE · 11x0040 $180M0.4% International Military Education and TrainingSTATE · 11x1081 $108M0.2% Department of Defense, Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic AidDOD · 97x0819 $99M0.2% Agency for International Development, International Assistance Program, Transition InitiativesUSAID · 72x1027 $82M0.2% Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General, Operating ExpensesUSAID · 72x1007 $73M0.2% Excess Defense ArticlesDOD · 97xDEDA $68M0.1% European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentTREAS · 20x0088 $55M0.1% African Development BankTREAS · 20x0082 $55M0.1% Agency for International Development, Capital Investment FundUSAID · 72x0300 $51M0.1% Asian Development FundTREAS · 20x0067 $44M0.1% Department of Labor, Departmental Management, Salaries and ExpensesDOL · 16x0165 $35M0.1% Agency for International Development, Complex Crises FundUSAID · 72x1015 $34M0.1% Agency for International Development, Gifts and DonationsUSAID · 72x8824 $34M0.1% Inter-American FoundationIAF · 11x3100 $30M0.1% Trade and Development AgencyTDA · 11x1001 $30M0.1% International Affairs Technical AssistanceTREAS · 20x1045 $29M0.1% Centers for Disease Control, Disease Control, Research, and TrainingHHS · 75x0943 $28M0.1% International Assistance Program, Working Capital Fund,USAID · 72x4513 $22M<0.1% Clean Technology FundTREAS · 20x0080 $20M<0.1% Treasury International Assistance ProgramsTREAS · 20x1916 $17M<0.1% Foreign National Employees Separation Liability FundUSAID · 72x8342 $16M<0.1% State and Private Forestry, Forest ServiceAGR · 12x1105 $9.9M<0.1% U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Multinational Species Conservation FundDOI · 14x1652 $9.2M<0.1% Department of Interior, Assistance to Territories, Insular AffairsDOI · 14x0412 $8.5M<0.1% Department of Defense, Operation and Maintenance, Defense-WideDOD · 97x0100 $7.9M<0.1% African Development FoundationADF · 11x0700 $7.7M<0.1% Department of Defense, Defense Health ProgramDOD · 97x0130 $7.2M<0.1% Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and ExpensesAGR · 12x1600 $4.4M<0.1% Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and ExpensesAGR · 12x2900 $3.6M<0.1% Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Programs and ManagementEPA · 68x0108 $3.3M<0.1% U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource ManagementDOI · 14x1611 $3.2M<0.1% Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet UnionUSAID · 72x1093 $2.7M<0.1% International Monetary Fund Facilities and Trust FundsTREAS · 20x1699 $1.2M<0.1% Agency for International Development, Property Management FundUSAID · 72x4175 $1.1M<0.1% Asian Development BankTREAS · 20x0076 $1.0M<0.1% Embed this chart Over time Aid disbursed and obligated in each fiscal year since 2001. Open a country to see its own years: Ukraine’s show the rise after 2021. Fiscal year 2025 is the year most USAID programs were halted, and is still being reported.
$0 $50B $100B $150B '01 · Disbursed: $15,009,341,910 '01 · Obligated: $16,016,941,146 '01 '02 · Disbursed: $18,646,061,673 '02 · Obligated: $19,058,362,517 '02 '03 · Disbursed: $23,673,871,788 '03 · Obligated: $29,466,499,001 '03 '04 · Disbursed: $26,099,505,623 '04 · Obligated: $32,566,566,995 '04 '05 · Disbursed: $32,793,048,688 '05 · Obligated: $35,460,111,293 '05 '06 · Disbursed: $32,641,197,881 '06 · Obligated: $37,243,462,445 '06 '07 · Disbursed: $34,796,792,400 '07 · Obligated: $39,727,911,412 '07 '08 · Disbursed: $42,179,071,908 '08 · Obligated: $46,720,662,385 '08 '09 · Disbursed: $44,738,981,627 '09 · Obligated: $46,648,067,097 '09 '10 · Disbursed: $41,969,342,952 '10 · Obligated: $48,321,740,897 '10 '11 · Disbursed: $47,370,702,232 '11 · Obligated: $49,056,876,920 '11 '12 · Disbursed: $46,217,176,524 '12 · Obligated: $49,977,369,930 '12 '13 · Disbursed: $46,138,045,553 '13 · Obligated: $45,770,315,240 '13 '14 · Disbursed: $41,816,939,267 '14 · Obligated: $43,561,808,870 '14 '15 · Disbursed: $48,393,943,662 '15 · Obligated: $49,990,073,441 '15 '16 · Disbursed: $46,807,149,061 '16 · Obligated: $49,605,784,355 '16 '17 · Disbursed: $45,425,811,828 '17 · Obligated: $48,338,517,733 '17 '18 · Disbursed: $46,862,628,564 '18 · Obligated: $47,934,613,138 '18 '19 · Disbursed: $46,696,981,912 '19 · Obligated: $48,764,902,975 '19 '20 · Disbursed: $47,235,271,057 '20 · Obligated: $52,488,143,143 '20 '21 · Disbursed: $49,402,667,759 '21 · Obligated: $53,429,637,085 '21 '22 · Disbursed: $74,370,217,234 '22 · Obligated: $78,693,324,627 '22 '23 · Disbursed: $80,503,339,287 '23 · Obligated: $100,040,796,273 '23 '24 · Disbursed: $71,576,179,506 '24 · Obligated: $85,781,331,374 '24 '25 · Disbursed: $47,752,189,125 '25 · Obligated: $48,284,392,952 '25 Embed this chart The figures Awards performed abroad A different count from USAspending.gov: federal contracts and grants committed in the year for work performed outside the United States. It includes aid awarded as a contract or grant, and much that is not aid, such as the running of overseas bases and embassies. It is not added to the aid above.
Aid is from ForeignAssistance.gov , the State Department’s count of U.S. foreign assistance from every agency that gives it, in current dollars; the in 2025 dollars column restates each year with the CPI-U. Awards abroad are prime award obligations with a foreign place of performance, from USAspending.gov.