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U.S. foreign aid obligations through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2023, by region (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Foreign aid obligations in billion U.S. dollars
Europe and Eurasia	17.19
Sub-Saharan Africa	11.36
World	5.5
Middle East and North Africa	3.67
Western Hemisphere	1.88
South and Central Asia	1.79
East Asia and Oceania	1.06

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April 2025

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Worldwide, United States

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.

Data shows foreign aid obligations. Obligations are binding agreements that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future. Budget resources must be available before obligations can be legally incurred. Region represents the target beneficiary geographic region of U.S. foreign assistance. U.S. government agencies report foreign assistance at the lowest level of geographic granularity possible (country, region, or worldwide). The source uses the term 'region' in two different ways: (1) to designate assistance to a non-country-specific recipient and (2) to summarize assistance by geographic area.

All figures have been rounded.

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In 2023, the United States gave around 79 billion U.S. dollars in foreign aid to other countries. Around 42 billion dollars of this aid was managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Of this amount, around 17.19 billion dollars went to the region of Europe and Eurasia, while 11.36 billion dollars went to Sub-Saharan Africa. The countries that received the most foreign aid through USAID in 2023 were Ukraine, Ethiopia, and Jordan.

In January 2025, President Trump ordered a pause on funding for USAID and a 90-day review of all U.S. foreign assistance. By the end of March, the review had been completed, 83 percent of USAID programs were terminated, and it was announced that certain USAID functions would be overtaken by the Department of State while all others would be discontinued.

Trump has said that the United States spends too much on foreign aid and accused USAID of being corrupt and a waste of money. However, foreign aid accounts for just one percent of the federal budget. Furthermore, it is predicted that millions of people will die due to the dissolution of USAID, as vulnerable people around the world will no longer be able to access prevention and treatment for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.