How much foreign aid does the US give Belarus?

$886,790 was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $14.3 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $176.4 million.

How much US aid does Belarus get per person?

About $0.10 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 9,085,991.

How much USAID funding goes to Belarus?

USAID managed $886,790 of the FY2025 total (100.0%), more than any other agency.

What is US aid to Belarus spent on?

In FY2025, by sector: Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $500,000 (56.4%); Program Support $386,790 (43.6%).

Has US aid to Belarus gone up or down?

FY2025: $886,790; FY2024: $29.9 million (down 97.0%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($34.9 million).

Does the US give military aid to Belarus?

In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Belarus was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Foreign aidEurope and EurasiaFiscal year 2025

US foreign aid to Belarus

The US gave Belarus $886,790 in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.10 per person, 137th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $886,790 in foreign assistance for Belarus and disbursed $14.3 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $886,790 against a FY2022–24 average of $28.6 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)

FY2025 obligated

$887K

$886,790

Per person

$0.10

pop. 9,085,991 (2025)

Rank

137th

of 173 recipient countries

FY2025 disbursed

$14M

paid out in the year

Belarus ranks 137th of 173 recipient countries

US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 97.0% from $29.9 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $17.5 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $34.9 million. In total, $176.4 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Belarus in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($886,790, 100.0% of the total). By sector, the largest was Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance ($500,000, 56.4%). That sector includes: Rule of Law and Human Rights; Good Governance; Civil Society; Political Competition and Consensus-Building. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, -$205,959 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Belarus itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Belarus by year

Belarus: $887K in FY2025, against a peak of $35M in FY2022

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

Other agencies
Defense Department
State Department
USAID

View every year as a table

Fiscal year	USAID	State Department	Defense Department	Other agencies	Total obligated	Disbursed	Per person	Rank
FY2015	$11.8M	$2.8M	$0	$0	$14.6M	$14.7M	$1.55	105
FY2016	$7.1M	$2.6M	$0	$0	$9.7M	$11.0M	$1.02	116
FY2017	$3.6M	$2.2M	$0	$0	$5.8M	$9.7M	$0.61	121
FY2018	$7.7M	$1.9M	$0	$130,000	$9.7M	$8.1M	$1.03	110
FY2019	$8.5M	$2.4M	$0	$272,581	$11.2M	$9.1M	$1.19	119
FY2020	$11.5M	$3.0M	$6,828	$39,095	$14.6M	$10.3M	$1.55	115
FY2021	$16.8M	$7.4M	$0	$62	$24.2M	$13.4M	$2.60	99
FY2022	$32.9M	$2.0M	$0	$0	$34.9M	$19.7M	$3.78	104
FY2023	$19.9M	$987,851	$0	$0	$20.9M	$29.6M	$2.28	105
FY2024	$29.3M	$609,134	$0	$0	$29.9M	$30.7M	$3.27	94
FY2025	$886,790	$0	$0	$0	$886,790	$14.3M	$0.10	137
FY2026*	-$205,959	$0	$0	$0	-$205,959	$160,869	–	–

B = billion, M = million. Agency columns and the total are obligations (money committed); "disbursed" is money actually paid out in that year, which can include payments on earlier commitments. * FY2026 is incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag. Negative amounts are net de-obligations.

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025

By managing agency

Managing agency	FY2025	Share
U.S. Agency for International Development	$886,790	100.0%

By sector

Sector	FY2025	Share
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$500,000	56.4%
Program Support	$386,790	43.6%

Largest program areas

Program area	FY2025	Share
Political Competition and Consensus-Building	$500,000	56.4%
Direct Administrative Costs	$386,790	43.6%

Sectors over the last five years

Sector	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$16.7M	$8.7M	$11.1M	$22.9M	$500,000
Peace and Security	$0	$23.8M	$3.1M	$1.0M	$0
Program Support	$2.3M	$1.9M	$3.0M	$3.0M	$386,790
Economic Development	$2.6M	$1.1M	$3.8M	$3.0M	$0
Humanitarian Assistance	$0	$2.1M	$0	$0	$0
Health	$2.8M	-$2.8M	$0	$0	$0
Education and Social Services	-$85,937	-$15,360	$0	$0	$0
Multi-sector	-$75,898	-$38,560	-$5,363	$0	$0

Who carried out the work, FY2025

Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.

Partner type	FY2025	Share
Enterprises	$656,635	74.0%
Government	$230,155	26.0%

How Belarus compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Bahrain	$953,505
Chile	$889,660
Belarus (this page)	$886,790
Guinea-Bissau	$685,858
Oman	$662,553

Other countries in Europe and Eurasia

All of Europe and Eurasia

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Belarus?: $886,790 was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $14.3 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $176.4 million.
How much US aid does Belarus get per person?: About $0.10 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 9,085,991.
How much USAID funding goes to Belarus?: USAID managed $886,790 of the FY2025 total (100.0%), more than any other agency.
What is US aid to Belarus spent on?: In FY2025, by sector: Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $500,000 (56.4%); Program Support $386,790 (43.6%).
Has US aid to Belarus gone up or down?: FY2025: $886,790; FY2024: $29.9 million (down 97.0%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($34.9 million).
Does the US give military aid to Belarus?: In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Belarus was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.