South Africa's net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) was US$1.51 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.44% from US$1.43 billion in 2013 (0.53% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.51 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$1.07 billion | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$1.43 billion | 2013 |
| Highest | US$1.7 billion | 2015 |
| Lowest | US$459.37 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2014 | US$1.28 billion | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$459.37 million |
What the numbers say
In 2023, South Africa's net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) rose 39.7% on 2022 (from US$1.08 billion to US$1.51 billion).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2022), the average change was +4.3% and a typical year strayed about 17.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 42.3% in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.1% in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, South Africa had the 29th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | US$1.51 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$259.48 billion | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$64.84 billion | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | US$57.44 billion | 2023 |
Closest to South Africa in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in constant 2023 U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 31 values
| Year | Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,506,946,411 |
| 2022 | 1,079,008,423 |
| 2021 | 1,119,030,762 |
| 2020 | 1,361,210,449 |
| 2019 | 1,103,338,623 |
| 2018 | 1,066,209,351 |
| 2017 | 1,208,902,466 |
| 2016 | 1,429,268,677 |
| 2015 | 1,703,071,655 |
| 2014 | 1,223,405,762 |
Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$147.17 million (2023)
- Benin — US$1.03 billion (2023)
- Botswana — US$284.58 million (2023)
- Burkina Faso — US$1.44 billion (2023)
- Burundi — US$621.67 million (2023)
- Cabo Verde — US$101.71 million (2023)
- Cameroon — US$940.27 million (2023)
- Central African Republic — US$737.6 million (2023)
- Chad
More economic policy & debt data for South Africa
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 9.32% (2025)
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 44.9% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$20.32 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$126.24 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) — 5.58% (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$104.47 billion (2025)
- Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$21.77 billion (2025)
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$1.74 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is South Africa's net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)?
- US$1.51 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 228.04% from US$459.37 million in 1993 (4.04% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.7 billion in 2015 and the lowest US$459.37 million in 1993.
- How does South Africa rank?
- 29th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) unusual for South Africa?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.ODA.ODAT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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