HC Deb 10 February 1992 vol 203 cc349-50W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in rank order the donor nations of the United Nations showing the proportion of gross national product donated to overseas aid for the most recent year available, and the cash figures in sterling.

Mrs. Chalker

The latest information is as follows:

Official development assistance by United Nations member countries in 1990 in oda/GNP percentage order
Country Amount £ million Per cent. of GNP 1990
Saudi Arabia 2,079 3.89
Norway 678 1.17
Netherlands 1,459 0.94
Denmark 659 0..93
Sweden 1,133 0.90
France 5,281 0..79
Finland 476 0.64
Libya 272 20.52
Belgium 501 0.45
Canada 1,391 0.44
Germany 3,558 0.42
Australia 538 0.34
Italy 1,911 0.32
Japan 5,106 0.31
Luxembourg 14 0.28
United Kingdom 1,485 0.27
Austria 222 0.25
Portugal 79 0.25
New Zealand 52 0.22
United States 6,399 0.21
Ireland 32 0.16
Spain 450 10.16
Venezuela 23 0.09
Qatar 22 20.08
Greece 121 20.07
Nigeria 28 20.05
China 1101 10.05
Algeria 127 20.02
Iceland 21 20.02
Kuwait 938 n/a
UAE 500 n/a
India 162 n/a
USSR 1,126 n/a
Israel 210 n/a
Yugoslavia 23 n/a
Other Central and Eastern Europe 184 n/a
1 Estimate by OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Secretariat whole or in part.
2 1988 figures given, being the latest year for which data is available.
n/a—GNP figures not available.
Other non United Nations donors £ million oda/GNP
Switzerland 422 0.31
Korea (Rep.) 43 0.03
Taiwan 34 0.04
Source: DAC Chairman's Report 1990 and 1991 (OECD, Paris).