Foreign aidWestern HemisphereFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Cuba
The US gave Cuba $9.2 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.84 per person, 101st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $9.2 million in foreign assistance for Cuba and disbursed $5.8 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Cuba ranks 101st of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were up 21.2% from $7.6 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $11.0 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2019, at $14.9 million. In total, $119.2 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Cuba in FY2025 was the Department of State ($8.3 million, 90.4% of the total). By sector, the largest was Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance ($8.3 million, 90.3%). 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, $191,825 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 Cuba itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Western Hemisphere page).
US aid to Cuba by year
Cuba: $9.2M in FY2025, against a peak of $15M in FY2019
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 | $1.0M | $4.8M | $0 | $0 | $5.8M | $13.2M | $0.51 | 121 |
| FY2016 | $6.4M | $7.7M | $0 | $0 | $14.1M | $11.1M | $1.25 | 108 |
| FY2017 | $7.3M | $6.9M | $0 | $376 | $14.2M | $6.3M | $1.26 | 106 |
| FY2018 | $7.1M | $4.8M | $0 | $0 | $11.9M | $12.3M | $1.06 | 109 |
| FY2019 | $9.3M | $5.5M | $0 | $0 | $14.9M | $12.9M | $1.33 | 115 |
| FY2020 | $6.8M | $5.1M | $0 | $0 | $11.9M | $15.1M | $1.06 | 120 |
| FY2021 | $6.6M | $6.7M | $0 | $0 | $13.3M | $15.5M | $1.20 | 108 |
| FY2022 | $6.8M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6.8M | $7.0M | $0.62 | 126 |
| FY2023 | $9.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9.5M | $9.3M | $0.86 | 116 |
| FY2024 | $7.5M | $145,000 | $0 | $0 | $7.6M | $7.0M | $0.69 | 120 |
| FY2025 | $885,380 | $8.3M | $0 | $0 | $9.2M | $5.8M | $0.84 | 101 |
| FY2026* | $191,825 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $191,825 | $3.3M | $0.02 | 90 |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of State | $8.3 million | 90.4% |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | $885,380 | 9.6% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $8.3 million | 90.3% |
| Program Support | $891,445 | 9.7% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rule of Law and Human Rights | $5.6 million | 61.2% |
| Good Governance | $2.7 million | 29.1% |
| Direct Administrative Costs | $891,445 | 9.7% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $12.0M | $5.6M | $6.2M | $6.1M | $8.3M |
| Program Support | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $891,445 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $0 | $0 | $2.0M | $0 | $0 |
| Environment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $145,000 | $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 |
|---|---|---|
| NGO | $8.3 million | 90.3% |
| Government | $925,691 | 10.0% |
How Cuba compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Gambia | $10.3 million |
| Malaysia | $10.1 million |
| Cuba (this page) | $9.2 million |
| Gabon | $8.9 million |
| Albania | $8.5 million |
Other countries in the Western Hemisphere
- Colombia$390M
- Haiti$337M
- Honduras$142M
- El Salvador$139M
- Guatemala$101M
- Peru$82M
- Costa Rica$81M
- Mexico$64M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Cuba?
- $9.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $5.8 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $119.2 million.
- How much US aid does Cuba get per person?
- About $0.84 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 10,937,203.
- How much USAID funding goes to Cuba?
- USAID managed $885,380 of the FY2025 total (9.6%). The Department of State managed the most ($8.3 million).
- What is US aid to Cuba spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $8.3 million (90.3%); Program Support $891,445 (9.7%).
- Has US aid to Cuba gone up or down?
- FY2025: $9.2 million; FY2024: $7.6 million (up 21.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2019 ($14.9 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Cuba?
- In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Cuba 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.