Foreign aidSub-Saharan AfricaFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Benin
The US gave Benin $288.2 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $19.45 per person, 21st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $288.2 million in foreign assistance for Benin and disbursed $96.5 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Benin ranks 21st of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were up 86.0% from $154.9 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $116.3 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2017, at $418.8 million. In total, $1.5 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Benin in FY2025 was the Millennium Challenge Corporation ($186.3 million, 64.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Economic Development ($164.3 million, 57.0%). That sector includes: Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Private Sector Competitiveness. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $2.8 million (1.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $2.4 million 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 Benin itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Sub-Saharan Africa page).
US aid to Benin by year
Benin: $288M in FY2025, against a peak of $419M in FY2017
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 | $28.1M | $690,721 | $831,346 | $83.9M | $113.5M | $54.4M | $9.99 | 53 |
| FY2016 | $27.2M | $499,000 | $1.6M | $7.6M | $36.9M | $67.5M | $3.16 | 76 |
| FY2017 | $32.6M | $923,934 | $958,691 | $384.3M | $418.8M | $113.8M | $34.79 | 23 |
| FY2018 | $26.5M | $583,936 | $1.8M | $82.0M | $110.8M | $62.6M | $8.95 | 53 |
| FY2019 | $23.6M | $16.9M | $798,046 | $10.3M | $51.5M | $95.6M | $4.05 | 80 |
| FY2020 | $31.4M | $14.5M | $1.5M | $24.2M | $71.5M | $85.7M | $5.47 | 73 |
| FY2021 | $37.3M | $2.5M | $424,280 | $23.3M | $63.5M | $173.2M | $4.74 | 69 |
| FY2022 | $39.1M | $6.7M | $423,444 | $6.9M | $53.1M | $138.6M | $3.86 | 93 |
| FY2023 | $36.7M | $22.0M | $521,337 | $29.0M | $88.2M | $182.0M | $6.25 | 68 |
| FY2024 | $75.9M | $22.7M | $381,747 | $55.9M | $154.9M | $90.9M | $10.71 | 60 |
| FY2025 | $25.2M | $32.4M | $428,064 | $230.2M | $288.2M | $96.5M | $19.45 | 21 |
| FY2026* | -$457,682 | $1.9M | $50,000 | $871,250 | $2.4M | $22.1M | $0.16 | 60 |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | $186.3 million | 64.6% |
| Department of Agriculture | $40.0 million | 13.9% |
| Department of State | $32.4 million | 11.2% |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | $25.2 million | 8.7% |
| Peace Corps | $3.0 million | 1.0% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $509,051 | 0.2% |
| Department of Defense | $428,064 | 0.1% |
| African Development Foundation | $414,668 | 0.1% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Development | $164.3 million | 57.0% |
| Health | $88.0 million | 30.5% |
| Program Support | $32.2 million | 11.2% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $2.3 million | 0.8% |
| Peace and Security | $1.0 million | 0.4% |
| Education and Social Services | $839,048 | 0.3% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | $160.0 million | 55.5% |
| Nutrition | $40.0 million | 13.9% |
| Direct Administrative Costs | $31.9 million | 11.1% |
| Malaria | $28.8 million | 10.0% |
| Maternal and Child Health | $6.7 million | 2.3% |
| HIV/AIDS | $5.3 million | 1.8% |
| Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats (PIOET) | $4.1 million | 1.4% |
| Private Sector Competitiveness | $3.9 million | 1.4% |
| Health - General | $1.9 million | 0.6% |
| Rule of Law and Human Rights | $1.5 million | 0.5% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | $28.8M | $32.2M | $27.1M | $79.7M | $88.0M |
| Economic Development | $11.9M | $1.3M | $19.4M | $29.2M | $164.3M |
| Program Support | $16.4M | $11.3M | $14.1M | $24.2M | $32.2M |
| Peace and Security | $995,016 | $2.9M | $21.3M | $13.7M | $1.0M |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $2.7M | $2.3M | $2.4M | $6.1M | $2.3M |
| Education and Social Services | $2.0M | $1.8M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $839,048 |
| Environment | $764,851 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $499,502 | -$564,591 |
| Multi-sector | -$1,055 | $63,967 | $461,571 | $384,592 | $0 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $0 | $0 | $777,750 | -$5,651 | $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 |
|---|---|---|
| Government | $200.4 million | 69.5% |
| NGO | $75.0 million | 26.0% |
| Enterprises | $12.8 million | 4.5% |
How Benin compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Marshall Islands | $307.4 million |
| Taiwan | $300.5 million |
| Benin (this page) | $288.2 million |
| Malawi | $277.5 million |
| South Sudan | $274.0 million |
Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ethiopia$852M
- Nigeria$620M
- Kenya$562M
- Sudan$548M
- Mozambique$503M
- Uganda$455M
- Democratic Republic of the Congo$452M
- Zambia$422M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Benin?
- $288.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $96.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $1.5 billion.
- How much US aid does Benin get per person?
- About $19.45 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 14,814,460.
- How much USAID funding goes to Benin?
- USAID managed $25.2 million of the FY2025 total (8.7%). The Millennium Challenge Corporation managed the most ($186.3 million).
- What is US aid to Benin spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Economic Development $164.3 million (57.0%); Health $88.0 million (30.5%); Program Support $32.2 million (11.2%); Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $2.3 million (0.8%).
- Has US aid to Benin gone up or down?
- FY2025: $288.2 million; FY2024: $154.9 million (up 86.0%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2017 ($418.8 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Benin?
- In FY2025, $2.8 million (1.0%) of obligations for Benin was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $428,064.
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.