HC Deb 07 November 1995 vol 265 cc684-5W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the per capita spending on overseas aid in the last year for which figures are available for each member country of the OECD. [41263]

Mr. Hanley

The table gives a breakdown of OECD member countries' per capita spending on overseas aid for 1994.

OECD members' per capita spending on overseas aid
1994 Net oda US$ millions 1993 Population (millions) US$ Per capita expenditure
Australia 1,087 17.71 61.4
Austria 561 7.94 70.7
Belgium 677 10.06 67.3
Canada 2,230 27.82 80.2
Denmark 1,450 5.19 279.4
Finland 289 5.07 57.0
France 8,447 57.65 146.6
Germany 6,751 80.77 83.6
Ireland 105 3.57 29.4
Italy 1,967 57.84 34.0
Japan 13,239 124.85 106.0
OECD members' per capita spending on overseas aid
1994 Net oda US$ millions 1993 Population (millions) US$ Per capita expenditure
Luxembourg 59 0.40 147.5
Netherlands 2,531 15.28 165.6
New Zealand 111 3.46 32.1
Norway 1,137 4.31 263.8
Portugal 296 9.85 30.1
Spain 1,247 39.13 31.9
Sweden 1,703 8.71 195.5
Switzerland 978 6.98 140.1
United Kingdom 3,197 58.04 55.1
United States 9,851 258.06 38.2

Source:

1994 net oda—OECD Statistics.

1993 population—World Bank Atlas 1995.

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