Uruguay: Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Uruguay's net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) rose 128.1% on 2016 (from US$18.25 million to US$41.64 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2016), the average change was +10.3% and a typical year strayed about 52.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 341.4% in 1968 and the biggest yearly fall was 88.4% in 1961. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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

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Closest to Uruguay in the 2017 ranking

• Chile — 1st of 3: US$70.31 million
• Seychelles — 3rd of 3: US$16.2 million

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). 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.

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

All 58 values

Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$6.14 million (2021)
• Argentina — US$259.02 million (2023)
• Belize — US$31.86 million (2023)
• Bolivia — US$764.39 million (2023)
• Brazil — US$699.97 million (2023)
• Chile — US$70.31 million (2017)
• Colombia — US$1.03 billion (2023)
• Costa Rica — US$144.59 million (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Uruguay

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$18.99 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$18.97 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$15.02 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 618.82 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 17.6% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$67.76 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.79 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$53.61 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Uruguay's net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)?

US$41.64 million in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 119.28% from US$18.99 million in 1960 (1.39% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$113.96 million in 1993 and the lowest US$2.2 million in 1961.

Is the latest change in net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) unusual for Uruguay?

In 2017, Uruguay's net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) rose 128.1% on 2016 (from US$18.25 million to US$41.64 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2016), the average change was +10.3% and a typical year strayed about 52.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.ODA.ALLD.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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