HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 cc920-1W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the 20 largest overseas aid donors in descending order, indicating the total amount of aid given by each donor country. [21494]

Dr. Liam Fox

In 1995, total flows of official assistance from 21 members of the OECD's development assistance committee to developing and other countries on parts I and II of the DAC list were as follows, in descending order:

Donor US$ million
1. Japan 14,739
2. Germany 12,038
3. France 9,191
4. USA 8,647
5. UK 3,563
6. Netherlands 3,531
7. Canada 2,317
8. Italy 1,909
9. Denmark 1,904
10. Sweden 1,809
11. Spain 1,348
12. Norway 1,244
13. Australia 1,198
14. Switzerland 1,186
15. Belgium 1,123
16. Austria 1,080
17. Finland 464
18. Portugal 293
19. Ireland 155
20. New Zealand 123
21. Luxembourg 65

Sir John Stanley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in descending order the 20 largest overseas aid donors on a per capita basis indicating the amount of aid per capita given by each donor country. [21495]

Dr. Fox

In per capita terms, the 21 members of the OECD's development assistance committee provided the following levels of official assistance to developing and other countries on parts I and II of the DAC list in 1995:

Donor Total assistance per capita (US$ millions)
1. Denmark 363
2. Norway 285
3. Netherlands 228
4. Sweden 205
5. Switzerland 168
6. Luxembourg 167
7. France 158
8. Germany 147
9. Austria 134
10. Japan 117
11. Belgium 112
12. Finland 91
13. Canada 78
14. Australia 66
15. UK 61
16. Ireland 43
17. New Zealand 34
18. Spain 34
19. Italy 33
20. USA 33
21. Portugal 29

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