Despite immense need for investments to tackle economic, health, and climate crises, G7 & EU look inward.
The proportion of total aid from the G7 and EU Institutions that goes to African countries is the lowest it has been since 1973. Despite immense need, foreign aid, or Official Development Assistance (ODA), is not growing to address the interconnected global crises.
The chart looks at G7 country and EU Institutions share of ODA to Africa from 1960 to 2022 (the most recent, complete year of data).
For more ODA analysis, see our key aid statistics.