Where does US Aid go?
The US is the largest provider of foreign aid, disbursing 48.4 billion USD in 2012.
34.8 billion USD was identified as delivered to specific countries.
Where did the money go?
- Sources:
- US Government, 2012
- The Democracy Index byt the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2014
The two axes show the two types of aid provided by the US government, economic aid on the X axis, and military aid on the Y axis. Afghanistan clearly receives the most aid. Click on the box to group the aid by the type of government that receives it, based on the Democracy Index (the Economic Intelligence Unit).
Of the six countries that break the billion dollar mark, Afghanistan, Egypt and Jordan are categorized as "authoritarian" regimes, while Pakistan and Iraq are classified as "hybrid" regimes, somewhere between democracy and totalitarian. Israel is classfied as a "flawed" democracy.