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US foreign aid to Estonia

The US gave Estonia $11.6 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $8.48 per person, 93rd of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $11.6 million in foreign assistance for Estonia and disbursed $11.7 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Peace and Security reporting for FY2024–25 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2024: $11.8 million against a FY2021–23 average of $61.8 million; FY2025: $11.6 million against a FY2022–24 average of $58.6 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2024: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency; FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)
FY2025 obligated
$12M
$11.6 million
Per person
$8.48
pop. 1,366,475 (2025)
Rank
93rd
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$12M
paid out in the year

Estonia ranks 93rd of 173 recipient countries

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

$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Estonia $11.6 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Estonia $11.6 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 2.1% from $11.8 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $42.4 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $142.7 million. In total, $435.3 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Estonia in FY2025 was the Department of State ($11.6 million, 100.0% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($11.3 million, 97.5%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $11.3 million (97.5%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $0 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 Estonia itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Estonia by year

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Peace and Security reporting for FY2024–25 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2024: $11.8 million against a FY2021–23 average of $61.8 million; FY2025: $11.6 million against a FY2022–24 average of $58.6 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2024: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency; FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)

Estonia: $12M in FY2025, against a peak of $143M 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
$0$50M$100M$150MFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$12M$0$50M$100M$150M'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$12M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$0$2.8M$2.4M$0$5.2M$5.1M$3.96122
FY2016$0$15.5M$461,295$0$15.9M$16.0M$12.11102
FY2017$4,885$21.2M$200,000$0$21.4M$21.4M$16.2895
FY2018$0$9.3M$19.4M$0$28.7M$28.7M$21.7094
FY2019$0$13.3M$105.5M$0$118.8M$118.2M$89.5452
FY2020$0$24.7M$11.7M$2,590$36.4M$35.5M$27.4093
FY2021$0$21.1M-$16,959$157,175$21.3M$20.7M$15.98101
FY2022$0$142.0M$132,683$645,185$142.7M$141.3M$105.8263
FY2023$0$20.8M$0$534,522$21.4M$20.3M$15.59104
FY2024$0$11.5M$239,853$101,171$11.8M$12.7M$8.63110
FY2025$0$11.6M$0$0$11.6M$11.7M$8.4893
FY2026*$0$0$0$0$0$137,377––

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 agencyFY2025Share
Department of State$11.6 million100.0%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Peace and Security$11.3 million97.5%
Program Support$287,7602.5%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$11.3 million97.5%
Direct Administrative Costs$287,7602.5%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Peace and Security$21.1M$141.7M$19.8M$11.5M$11.3M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$140,175$645,547$534,522$101,171$0
Humanitarian Assistance$0$0$811,283$0$0
Program Support$0$0$0$199,606$287,760
Education and Social Services$50,000$400,000$0$0$0
Health-$16,959$0$249,000$0$0
Economic Development$0-$362$0$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 typeFY2025Share
Government$11.6 million100.0%

How Estonia compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Bosnia and Herzegovina$14.0 million
Timor-Leste$12.8 million
Estonia (this page)$11.6 million
Lithuania$11.5 million
Paraguay$11.2 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Estonia?
$11.6 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $11.7 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $435.3 million.
How much US aid does Estonia get per person?
About $8.48 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 1,366,475.
How much USAID funding goes to Estonia?
USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($11.6 million).
What is US aid to Estonia spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $11.3 million (97.5%); Program Support $287,760 (2.5%).
Has US aid to Estonia gone up or down?
FY2025: $11.6 million; FY2024: $11.8 million (down 2.1%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($142.7 million).
Does the US give military aid to Estonia?
In FY2025, $11.3 million (97.5%) of obligations for Estonia was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

  1. 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.
  2. Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
  3. Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
  4. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.