Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in Germany
Germany: Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC was 0.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
0.6%
Change on year
down 18.0%
World rank
7th
of 49 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2022
All-time low
0.6%
in 2025
Years of data
8
2018–2025
Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in Germany, 2018–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in Germany is 0.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.0% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Germany ranks 7th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.6% | — |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +20.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -16.8% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | -18.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 4 Denmark 0.7% compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 0.6% compare
- 6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.6% compare
- 8 Türkiye 0.5% compare
- 8 Türkiye 0.5% compare
- 10 Switzerland 0.5% compare
More public sector data for Germany
- Arms imports 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.86 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 19.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 239.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,059 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0189 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 31.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 88.46 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 572.36 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in Germany?
- Official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in Germany was 0.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- How does Germany rank for official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac?
- Germany ranks 7th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC donors' GNI on grant equivalent basis, by donor countries (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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