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Foreign Aid per Capita by African country

$376Sao Tome and Principe · highest shown · 2023

Sao Tome and Principe has the highest reported net official development assistance per person among the 53 countries shown, at $376 (2023).

Net official development assistance received per person, in current US dollars. 53 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

#1 vs #5394×Sao Tome and Principe vs Angola
Median$61Republic of the Congo
Lowest$4Angola

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
East Africa$88
15 countries shown · highest value: Comoros
Central Africa$83
9 countries shown · highest value: Sao Tome and Principe
West Africa$78
16 countries shown · highest value: Cabo Verde
Southern Africa$73
7 countries shown · highest value: Botswana
North Africa$34
6 countries shown · highest value: Tunisia

Full ranking

53 of 54 countries
#CountryForeign Aid per CapitaPeriod
1Sao Tome and Principe
$3762023
2Comoros
$1962023
3Cabo Verde
$1952023
4Djibouti
$1932023
5South Sudan
$1562023
6Central African Republic
$1432023
7Gambia
$1272023
8Somalia
$1242023
9Botswana
$1152023
10Senegal
$1032023
11Liberia
$1022023
12Tunisia
$1002023
13Rwanda
$992023
14Namibia
$922023
15Eswatini
$902023
16Guinea-Bissau
$882023
17Mozambique
$872023
18Mauritania
$842023
19Malawi
$822023
20Cote d'Ivoire
$762023
21Mauritius
$762023
22Togo
$752023
23Lesotho
$752023
24Benin
$732023
25Zambia
$692023
26Burkina Faso
$622023
27Republic of the Congo
$612023
28Chad
$592023
29Sierra Leone
$592023
30Mali
$542023
31Libya
$492023
32Niger
$492023
33Zimbabwe
$482023
34Kenya
$472023
35Ghana
$472023
36Uganda
$462023
37Tanzania
$462023
38Burundi
$452023
39Ethiopia
$422023
40Democratic Republic of the Congo
$412023
41Madagascar
$402023
42Eritrea
$372023
43Guinea
$372023
44Cameroon
$332023
45Sudan
$282023
46South Africa
$242023
47Gabon
$212023
48Morocco
$202023
49Nigeria
$162023
50Equatorial Guinea
$62023
51Algeria
$42023
52Egypt
$42023
53Angola
$42023

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GET /v1/data

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  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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The table includes 53 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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