Switzerland’s performance compared with other countries

Official development assistance (ODA) from member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) totalled USD 204 billion in 2022, an increase of 13.6% in real terms over 2021. This is one of the sharpest increases in the history of ODA.

This increase is mostly due to DAC members’ spending on refugees in donor countries. Excluding refugee costs, ODA increased by 4.6% in real terms compared to 2021. Aid to Ukraine amounted to more than USD 16 billion, which corresponds to almost 8% of aid from DAC member countries. Five countries (Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Denmark) have reached the United Nations’ ODA as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) target of 0.7%. Overall ODA from DAC countries represented 0.36% of gross national income (GNI). The Swiss ODA/GNI ratio reached 0.56% in 2022, up from 0.50% in 2021. This increase is mainly due to asylum costs, which represent 28% of Swiss ODA. Excluding asylum costs, the ODA/GNI ratio was 0.40% in 2022, compared to 0.45% the previous year.

Switzerland ranks 9th in the international ranking comparing the ODA/GNI ratio of all DAC member countries. Switzerland's ODA/GNI ratio is close to that of DAC-EU countries (0.57%).

In absolute terms, the largest donors are the United States, Germany, Japan the United Kingdom and France. Switzerland ranks 11th in absolute numbers.