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Statistics on International Development is produced annually to report on aid expenditure to developing countries and on the deployment of official UK financial resources to support such progress.

Statistics on International Development: 2007 Edition

Key Statistics

• The UK’s Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) amounted to £7,487m in 2006/07. The DFID aid programme accounted for £4,923m (66 per cent) of this expenditure. The DFID programme (excluding debt relief) accounted for £4,778m (87 per cent) of GPEX, (excluding debt relief).

• GPEX increased by £808m (12 per cent) in 2006/07 over the previous year. Part of this includes large amounts of debt relief to Nigeria which increased to £1,649m 2006/07 from  £1,135m in 2005/06. Excluding debt relief, GPEX increased by 9 per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.

• In the calendar year 2006 the UK reported £6,770m as official development assistance (ODA), making the UK the second largest OECD-DAC donor on this internationally agreed classification of aid. The UK’s ODA/ GNI ratio for 2006 was 0.51 per cent, giving a ranking of 7th out of the 22 donors.

• In 2006/07 £2,562m (52 per cent) of DFID expenditure was bilateral assistance and £2,126m (43 per cent) was provided directly to multilateral organisations. The remaining £234m (5 per cent) was spent on administration costs.

• DFID’s bilateral expenditure rose to £2,562m in 2006/07 from £2,502m in 2005/06 (2 per cent). India, Tanzania and Sudan received the largest amounts of DFID bilateral aid.

• DFID’s bilateral assistance excluding humanitarian assistance was £2,225m in 2006/07, up from £2,096m in 2005/06 (6 per cent). India, Tanzania and Bangladesh were the largest recipients of bilateral aid excluding humanitarian assistance.

• DFID’s humanitarian assistance in 2006/07 totalled £484m, representing a decrease of £64m (-12 per cent). £336m was spent bilaterally and £148m multilaterally. The largest recipients of bilateral humanitarian assistance were Sudan (£84m), Democratic Republic of Congo (£52m) and Indonesia (£19m).

• DFID’s bilateral assistance to sub-Saharan Africa rose to £1,107m in 2006/07 from £1,097m in 2005/06 (0.9 per cent). Assistance to Asia decreased over this period from £943m to £881m (-6.5 per cent).

• In 2006/07 £274m of bilateral assistance was channelled through UK Civil Society Organisations. Major recipients included the British Red Cross, VSO and Oxfam.

• DFID's total multilateral programme accounted for £2,126m in 2006/07 from £1,725m in 2005/06 a rise of 23 per cent.

• The European Commission's development programme received the largest amount of DFID multilateral assistance (£964m), followed by the World Bank (£592m) and the United Nations (£308m).

• DFID debt relief through all channels amounted to £145m in 2006/07. Non-DFID debt relief (through CDC and ECGD) was £1,867m, £1,649m of which relates to Nigerian debt relief.

• The sector receiving the highest share of DFID bilateral expenditure in 2006/07 was the health sector with £490m. This was followed by the economic sector with £394m and the education sector with £372.

Previous Statistics on International Development

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• 2005
• 2006

Last updated: 5 March 2008

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