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More development aid from OECD in 2004
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Foreign aid expenditure in OECD countries (discontinued), 2004

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More development aid from OECD in 2004

Preliminary figures from the OECD show that official development assistance (ODA) from OECD countries amounted to about USD 79.5 billion in 2004. Corrected for price and exchange rate movements this was an increase of 5.9 per cent compared to 2003. For the OECD as a whole this was 0.26 per cent of the member countries total Gross National Income (GNI). The development aid expenditures of Norway were USD 2.2 billion, or NOK 14.8 billion. With 0.87 per cent of GNI Norway had the highest per cent among the OECD countries.

The level of development aid is usually measured as a percentage of gross national income (GNI), and is often used to compare countries’ expenditure on foreign aid. In 1970 the UN resolved that development aid should account for 0.7 of the GNI. Norway, Sweden and Denmark achieved this goal relatively quickly in the 1970s. In 2004, only the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands and Luxembourg met the goal.

Public expenditure on development aid 2004. Per cent of GNI

0.26 per cent of GNI

For the OECD as a whole, the percentage of GNI was 0.26 in 2004. Measured in dollars (USD), the OECD-countries increased the development aid by USD 10.4 billion. The increase was at 5.9 per cent in real terms, corrected for price and exchange rate movements.

11 of 22 OECD countries increased their development aid in 2004 measured as a percentage of GNI. Portugal had the largest increase with 0.41 per cent of GNI, from 0.22 to 0.63 per cent.

USA the largest contributor

With USD 19.7 billion, USA was the largest contributor of all the OECD countries in 2004, as in the previous three years, while Japan contributed the most the eight years before that. USA increased its development aid by 18.3 per cent in real terms in 2004. US expenditure on development aid was 0.17 per cent of GNI in 2004.

Norway number one among OECD-countries

Norway’s development aid was 0.87 per cent of GNI in 2004, while the percentage in 2003 was 0.92 of GNI. The expenditure on development aid increased by USD 0.16 billion to 2.2 billion in 2004. This was a decrease of 3.0 per cent in real terms, corrected for price and exchange rate movements.

Offentlige utgifter til utviklingshjelp 2003 og 2004.
Millioner US dollar og endring i prosent
  Millioner US dollar Endring i
prosent 		Prosentvis
volumendring1
  2003 2004*
Danmark 1 748        2 037 16,5 4,1
Norge 2 042 2 199 7,7 -3,0
Sverige 2 400 2 722 13,4 2,1
Nederland 3 972 4 204 5,8 -4,5
Frankrike 7 253 8 473 16,8 4,3
Tyskland 6 784 7 534 11,1 0,1
Storbritannia 6 282 7 883 25,5 9,5
Italia 2 433 2 462 1,2 -10,5
Canada 2 031 2 599 28,0 14,9
USA 16 320 19 705 20,7 18,3
Japan 8 880 8 906 0,3 -4,3
Andre 8 941 10 790 20,7 -
OECD/DAC i alt 69 085 79 512 15,1 5,9
1  Justert for pris- og valutakursendringer.

For more information also at http://www.oecd.org/development , http://www.norad.no/ , http://www.ssb.no/english/yearbook/tab/tab-475.html , and http://www.ssb.no/english/yearbook/tab/tab-476.html .

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