Democratic Republic of the Congo: Foreign aid

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Foreign aid and official development assistance received

 Latest value 3,535.68
 Year 2021
 Measure million U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1960 - 2021
 Average 1,048.02
 Min - Max 76.66 - 5,526.46
 Source World Bank
The latest value from 2021 is 3535.68 million U.S. dollars, an increase from 3382.09 million U.S. dollars in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 973.45 million U.S. dollars, based on data from 134 countries. Historically, the average for Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 2021 is 1048.02 million U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 76.66 million U.S. dollars, was reached in 1968 while the maximum of 5526.46 million U.S. dollars was recorded in 2011. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Foreign aid - Recent values chart

Historical series
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Foreign aid - historical chart - 1960-2021




Definition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Government spending, percent of GDP 9.51 2022 percent
 Government spending, in dollars 5.27 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Fiscal balance, percent of GDP -0.40 2019 percent
 Government debt 14.31 2022 percent
 Tax revenue 10.70 1989 percent
 Commercial tax rate 50.70 2019 percent
 Tax preparation time 346 2019 hours
 Number of taxes 52 2019 taxes
 Foreign aid 3,535.68 2021 million U.S. dollars
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