January 2024 Aid in 2022: Key facts about official development assistance factsheet Aid in 2022: Key facts about official development assistance / devinit.org 1 Contents Key facts about ODA in 2022 .......................................................................................... 2 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 4 ODA from both governments and multilaterals increased .............................................. 5 Ukraine was the standout recipient of aid in 2022 .......................................................... 7 Health, refugees in donor countries and humanitarian sectors received the most aid in 2022 ................................................................................................................................ 8 Less than a quarter of aid was disbursed to countries grouped as least developed and/or low-income .................................................................................................................... 10 Total bilateral ODA marked as having a climate objective reached its highest ever amount in 2022 ........................................................................................................................... 12 The amount of gender-related ODA reached an all-time high in 2022 but its share of total ODA fell from the previous year .................................................................................... 14 An increased proportion of bilateral ODA was spent within the country that provided it15 About the data in this paper .......................................................................................... 17 Appendix 1 .................................................................................................................... 18 Appendix 2 .................................................................................................................... 20 Notes ............................................................................................................................. 21 Aid in 2022: Key facts about official development assistance / devinit.org 2 Key facts about ODA in 2022 1. Total ODA gross disbursements from DAC donors and multilateral organisations increased 24% in 2022 to a record high of US$269 billion, from US$217 billion in 2021, this was the highest annual percentage increase since 2006.1 However, this increase was driven almost entirely by support to Ukraine and costs associated with hosting refugees in donor countries. Discounting these, aid increased by a modest 3.1%.2 2. Aid provided by governments rose by 27% (US$39.3 billion) in 2022 to reach US$183.3 billion. Multilateral ODA disbursements rose by 17% (US$12.8 billion) to reach US$86.1 billion. Again, with Ukraine and in-donor refugee costs excluded, bilateral and multilateral ODA rose by 2.9% and 3.4% respectively. 3. Ukraine was the standout recipient in 2022, receiving US$29.2 billion – mo...
