South Asia: Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, South Asia's net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$) fell US$17.01 million on 2022 (from US$17.01 million to US$0).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −US$1.98 million and a typical year strayed about US$7.87 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$17.45 million in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was US$20.42 million in 1995. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$2.6 million a year. A straight line explains 66% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 56 values

Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$18.62 million (2022)
• Algeria — US$907,252 (2022)
• Djibouti — US$1.95 million (2022)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$1.21 million (2022)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$660,144 (2022)
• Iraq — US$798,395 (2022)
• Jordan — US$666,727 (2022)
• Lebanon — US$1.03 million (2022)
• Libya — US$1.1 million (2022)

More economic policy & debt data for South Asia

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$465.69 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$375.66 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 10.17% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.69 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.54 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,504 (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 58.74% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is South Asia's net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$)?

US$0 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1968?

It is down 100% from US$28.85 million in 1968. The highest value was US$97.73 million in 1989 and the lowest US$0 in 2023.

Is the latest change in net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$) unusual for South Asia?

In 2023, South Asia's net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP (current US$) fell US$17.01 million on 2022 (from US$17.01 million to US$0). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was −US$1.98 million and a typical year strayed about US$7.87 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.UNDP.CD, 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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