Figure 17: DAC Donors Provisional ODA:GNI Ratio, 2018 and 2019[footnote 26]. The UK currently spends about 11.5bn each year on aid - after cutting the budget by 3bn last year. DFID considered several factors and consulted with key stakeholders, ONS and HM Treasury when determining its approach for implementing the new framework for reporting on the ODA:GNI ratio. After final decisions on UK ODA spending are made the GNI estimate can still shift due to later economic data for the year becoming available, so can the amount of ODA spent by other government departments and ODA contributions from non-departmental sources. Foreign Aid - Intelligent Economist Figure 18 legend: Top 15 recipient countries of total ODA from the DAC donor countries in 2018 and the UKs share of ODA in these recipient countries (orange) compared to other DAC countries ODA share (blue). The most significant reduction was seen in Turkey (16.3m decrease since 2018) reversing previous increases in funding (2016 and 2017) to support displaced refugees during the Syria Crisis. For example, the International Development Association (IDA), which is part of the World Bank Group, has been one of the largest recipients of UK multilateral ODA since 2013 and the UK remains its biggest donor. the social, economic or humanitarian assistance area it aims to support. , Please see Table C6 in Excel Tables: Statistics on International Development 2019 for underlying data, From 2017, a single project could allocate spend to one or more sectors codes. 2019: The Americas received 244 million of UK bilateral ODA in 2019, a decrease of 111 million or 31.3% compared to 2018 (Figure 4). The ONS publishes revisions to GNI estimates as more economic data becomes available. MoD ODA spend includes training in human rights, rule of law, international humanitarian law, protection of civilians in conflict, maritime law, and the UK Hydrographic Office support to developing countries in maritime charting. For example, delivering family planning services across Malawi through an NGO, 4,939 million of UK ODA spend was delivered through core contributions to multilateral organisations. To get a sense of relative magnitude, Russian disbursements in 2015 amounted to roughly half of Italian aid that year. In addition, the CSSFs Rapid Response Mechanism allows funding to be released immediately, across government departments to respond to a crisis. Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 2:19am. Britain spent 623million on foreign aid last year - Mail Online Figure 14: Bilateral ODA by largest Major Sector for the top 10 country-specific ODA recipients, 2019. Italy is the lowest performing G7 country in the rankings at number 20 while the US, where the administration is reviewing US aid priorities, ranks at number nine.