How much foreign aid does the US give China (P.R.C.)?

$1.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $9.3 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $279.8 million.

How much US aid does China (P.R.C.) get per person?

About $0.00 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 1,406,585,000.

How much USAID funding goes to China (P.R.C.)?

USAID managed $1.2 million of the FY2025 total (100.2%), more than any other agency.

What is US aid to China (P.R.C.) spent on?

In FY2025, by sector: Economic Development $1.2 million (103.1%).

Has US aid to China (P.R.C.) gone up or down?

FY2025: $1.2 million; FY2024: $9.8 million (down 88.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2017 ($50.7 million).

Does the US give military aid to China (P.R.C.)?

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

Foreign aidEast Asia and OceaniaFiscal year 2025

US foreign aid to China (P.R.C.)

The US gave China (P.R.C.) $1.2 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.00 per person, 132nd of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $1.2 million in foreign assistance for China (P.R.C.) and disbursed $9.3 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: $1.2 million against a FY2022–24 average of $8.2 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

$1.2M

$1.2 million

Per person

$0.00

pop. 1,406,585,000 (2025)

Rank

132nd

of 173 recipient countries

FY2025 disbursed

$9.3M

paid out in the year

China (P.R.C.) ranks 132nd of 173 recipient countries

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

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 88.2% from $9.8 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $27.9 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2017, at $50.7 million. In total, $279.8 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for China (P.R.C.) in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($1.2 million, 100.2% of the total). By sector, the largest was Economic Development ($1.2 million, 103.1%). That sector includes: Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Private Sector Competitiveness. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, -$3,226 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 China (P.R.C.) itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the East Asia and Oceania page).

US aid to China (P.R.C.) by year

China (P.R.C.): $1.2M in FY2025, against a peak of $51M 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	$11.5M	$11.6M	$3.5M	$13.5M	$40.0M	$30.7M	$0.03	80
FY2016	$11.3M	$12.0M	$0	$18.0M	$41.3M	$45.5M	$0.03	74
FY2017	$13.3M	$18.5M	$0	$18.9M	$50.7M	$38.5M	$0.04	77
FY2018	$13.5M	$7.0M	$1.9M	$11.2M	$33.7M	$36.0M	$0.02	87
FY2019	$12.8M	$6.9M	$1,310	$6.3M	$26.0M	$24.1M	$0.02	106
FY2020	$7.8M	$28.7M	$0	$2.7M	$39.1M	$31.4M	$0.03	90
FY2021	$12.4M	$9.7M	$0	$907,305	$23.1M	$22.7M	$0.02	100
FY2022	$897,315	$499,400	$0	$754,681	$2.2M	$10.6M	$0.00	141
FY2023	$9.6M	$2.6M	$0	$532,952	$12.8M	$9.6M	$0.01	114
FY2024	$10.7M	-$961,938	$0	$150	$9.8M	$15.8M	$0.01	116
FY2025	$1.2M	$0	$0	-$2,588	$1.2M	$9.3M	$0.00	132
FY2026*	-$3,226	$0	$0	$0	-$3,226	$2.4M	–	–

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	$1.2 million	100.2%
Department of Transportation	$150	0.0%

By sector

Sector	FY2025	Share
Economic Development	$1.2 million	103.1%

Largest program areas

Program area	FY2025	Share
Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth	$1.2 million	103.0%
Infrastructure	$150	0.0%

Sectors over the last five years

Sector	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$13.0M	$0	$5.4M	$5.1M	-$14,274
Economic Development	$3.3M	$230,558	$4.3M	$4.2M	$1.2M
Education and Social Services	$4.1M	-$4,731	$990,128	$1.4M	$0
Program Support	$2.7M	$847,361	$558,231	-$33,272	-$18,104
Environment	-$43,968	$583,328	$502,824	$0	$0
Peace and Security	$0	$500,000	$1.1M	-$841,353	$0
Humanitarian Assistance	-$900	$0	$0	$3,596	$0
Health	$1,200	-$5,120	$0	$0	-$2,738

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	$1.4 million	125.9%

How China (P.R.C.) compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Hungary	$1.2 million
Maldives	$1.2 million
China (P.R.C.) (this page)	$1.2 million
Sudan (former)	$1.0 million
Bahrain	$953,505

Other countries in East Asia and Oceania

All of East Asia and Oceania

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give China (P.R.C.)?: $1.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $9.3 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $279.8 million.
How much US aid does China (P.R.C.) get per person?: About $0.00 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 1,406,585,000.
How much USAID funding goes to China (P.R.C.)?: USAID managed $1.2 million of the FY2025 total (100.2%), more than any other agency.
What is US aid to China (P.R.C.) spent on?: In FY2025, by sector: Economic Development $1.2 million (103.1%).
Has US aid to China (P.R.C.) gone up or down?: FY2025: $1.2 million; FY2024: $9.8 million (down 88.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2017 ($50.7 million).
Does the US give military aid to China (P.R.C.)?: In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for China (P.R.C.) 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.