Development Partners Snapshot:
UNITED STATES
COUNTRY CONTEXT
Development policy:
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Department of State and USAID Joint Strategic Plan FY 2022-2026
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Country strategies for development co-operation and bilateral relations
Development co-operation institutions:
USAID is an independent agency of the US government that manages the majority of gross ODA and works closely with the State Department, receiving overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State.
KEY GOVERNMENT ENTITY ON DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION
Secretary of State
Department of Treasury
ODA TRENDS
The United States provided USD 42.3 billion of ODA in 2021, representing 0.18% of GNI. This was an increase of 14.37% in real terms in volume and an increase in share of GNI from 2020. ODA levels rose in 2020, and reached the highest volume ever in 2021. The United States has not committed to the 0.7% ODA/GNI target. Within the United States’ ODA portfolio in 2020, 99.2% was provided in the form of grants and 0.7% in the form of non-grants.
In 2021, the United States ranked 23rd among Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member countries when ODA is taken as a share of GNI (preliminary figures), and is the top DAC provider in terms of total ODA volume. The United States is the largest humanitarian partner, and it continued to provide close to half of gross bilateral ODA to fragile contexts in 2020, amongst the highest across the DAC. The largest share of gross bilateral ODA went to sub-Saharan Africa and to partner countries in the least-developed country (LDC) category.
EFFECTIVENESS PERFORMANCE
Global Partnership monitoring trend
Click here for a snapshot of the United States' results from the two most recent Global Partnership monitoring rounds (2018 and 2016). The Global Partnership monitoring process and framework have been revised, and the new round will take place from 2023 to 2026. This profile will be updated periodically as new data is generated by the monitoring exercise.
DAC Performance and Trends - 2019 GPEDC Progress Report
LEARN MORE
Learn more about the United States’ 2016 DAC peer review. The 2022 OECD-DAC peer review will be published in the fall of 2022.
