2008
Latest DAC data release reveals big rise in humanitarian expenditure in 2008
The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) released its full final data on official development assistance (ODA) last week, allowing us to update our analysis of humanitarian aid expenditure by donor and recipient country for 2008.
The headlines are:
- total humanitarian assistance from DAC donors (22 countries plus the European Commission) reached US$11.2 billion in 2008. This is US$2.5 billion (nearly 29%) higher than in 2007 (US$8.7 billion)
- US$11.2bn is 9.3% of total ODA in 2008 (excluding debt relief).
Recipients of humanitarian aid and official development assistance (ODA), 2008
Sudan was the largest recipient of humanitarian aid in 2008. It received (US$1.3 billion) from the 22 member governments of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the European Commission.