OECD Countries

HC Deb 10 June 1975 vol 893 cc132-4W

Mr. Knox

asked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing for all OECD countries the percentage of gross national product that was devoted to overseas aid for each of the years since 1955.

Mrs. Hart

The following table shows the relationship to gross national product of official development assistance as reported by members of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD for the years 1960 to 1973—the earliest and latest years for which these details are available.

Similar information is not available in respect of OECD members who are not also members of the Development Assistance Committee.

NET FLOW OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FROM MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE OF OECD AS A PERCENTAGE OF GNP
				1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
Australia	…	…	…	0.38	0.44	0.43	0.51	0.48	0.53	0.53	0.60	0.57	0.56	0.59	0.53	0.59	0.44
Austria	…	…	…	…	0.04	0.10	0.05	0.08	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.11	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.14
Belgium	…	…	…	0.88	0.76	0.54	0.57	0.46	0.60	0.42	0.45	0.42	0.50	0.46	0.50	0.55	0.51
Canada	…	…	…	0.19	0.16	0.09	0.15	0.17	0.19	0.33	0.32	0.26	0.33	0.42	0.42	0.47	0.43
Denmark	…	…	…	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.11	0.11	0.13	0.19	0.21	0.23	0.38	0.38	0.43	0.45	0.47
Finland	…	…	…	Figures not available	0.06	0.15	0.07	0.12	0.15	0.16
France	…	…	…	1.38	1.35	1.26	0.98	0.90	0.76	0.69	0.71	0.67	0.67	0.66	0.66	0.67	0.58
Germany	…	…	…	0.31	0.44	0.45	0.41	0.44	0.40	0.34	0.41	0.41	0.38	0.32	0.34	0.31	0.32
Italy	…	…	…	0.22	0.15	0.18	0.14	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.22	0.19	0.16	0.16	0.18	0.09	0.14
Japan	…	…	…	0.24	0.20	0.15	0.20	0.14	0.27	0.28	0.32	0.25	0.26	0.23	0.23	0.21	0.25
Netherlands	…	…	…	0.31	0.45	0.48	0.26	0.29	0.36	0.45	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.61	0.58	0.67	0.54
New Zealand	…	…	…	Figures not available	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.22	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.24
Norway	…	…	…	0.11	0.14	0.14	0.17	0.15	0.16	0.18	0.17	0.29	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.43	0.46
Portugal	…	…	…	1.45	1.73	1.25	1.46	1.48	0.59	0.54	0.54	0.54	1.29	0.67	1.42	1.79	0.59
Sweden	…	…	…	0.05	0.06	0.12	0.14	0.18	0.19	0.25	0.25	0.28	0.43	0.38	0.44	0.48	0.56
Switzerland	…	…	…	0.04	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.14	0.16	0.15	0.12	0.21	0.16
United Kingdom	…	…	…	0.56	0.59	0.52	0.47	0.52	0.47	0.46	0.43	0.40	0.39	0.37	0.41	0.39	0.34
United States	…	…	…	0.53	0.56	0.56	0.59	0.56	0.49	0.44	0.43	0.37	0.33	0.31	0.32	0.29	0.23

Notes:

1. New Zealand became a member of the DAC in 1973.

2. Finland became a member of the DAC in 1975.

3. Portugal withdrew from membership of the DAC in 1974.