Member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since 1966.
In 2010, Australia met its aim to reach AUD 4 billion in official development assistance (ODA), delivering USD 3.85 billion − a 12.1% increase in real terms over 2009. Its ODA volume amounts to 0.32% of its gross national income (GNI) − up from 0.29% in 2009 − as it aims to raise this ratio to 0.5% by 2015-16.
Key Statistics
Gross bilateral 0DA, 2008-09 average, unless otherwise shown
| Net ODA |
2009 |
2010 |
Change
2009/10 |
| Currrent (USD m) |
2762 |
3826 |
38.5% |
| Constant (2009 USD m) |
2762 |
3077 |
11.4% |
| In Australian Dollars (million) |
3535 |
4171 |
18.0% |
| ODA / GNI |
0.29% |
30.32% |
|
| Bilateral share |
84% |
85% |
|
P = Preliminary data |
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| Top ten recipient of gross ODA (USD million) |
Share of gross bilateral ODA |
| 1 |
Indonesia |
334 |
Top 5 recipients |
44% |
| 2 |
Papua New Guinea |
312 |
| 3 |
Solomon Islands |
177 |
| 4 |
Iraq |
161 |
Top 10 recipients |
57% |
| 5 |
Afganistan |
118 |
| 6 |
Philippines |
85 |
| 7 |
Vietnam |
71 |
Top 20 recipients |
68% |
| 8 |
Timor-Leste |
68 |
| 9 |
Cambodia |
44 |
| 10 |
Bangladesh |
43 |
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Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative in Indonesia
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The DAC is a unique forum for sharing views and exchanging lessons and has gained a reputation for neutrality and high-quality work. For 50 years now, the DAC has grouped the world’s main donors, promoting partnership, and defining and monitoring global standards in key areas of development.
The DAC monitors and publishes data from more than 40 OECD and non-OECD countries on official development assistance (ODA) and other development finance to developing countries.
Our data includes:
- net and gross bilateral ODA
- ODA by income group, regions and sector
- top ten recipients of gross ODA
- core and non-core multilateral aid
- untied aid
- gender equality focus
- aid to the environment and climate change
- humanitarian assistance.
Improving the way development assistance is delivered and managed for better, longer-lasting results requires action on many fronts. To this end, we:
- assess donors' progress in achieving the targets outlined in the Paris Declaration
- provide in-depth examinations of our 24 members’ development systems and policies, including lessons learned, through our peer reviews – an integral part of the DAC’s work
- work with evaluation departments of our member agencies to collect and share global good practice in evaluating development programmes.
