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Statistics on International Development 2007 Edition

Contents | Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3 | Section 4 | Table Index

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.