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US foreign aid to Israel

The US gave Israel $3.3 billion in foreign aid in FY2025: $326.47 per person, 2nd of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $3.3 billion in foreign assistance for Israel and disbursed $3.3 billion, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

FY2025 obligated
$3.3B
$3.3 billion
Per person
$326.47
pop. 10,122,800 (2025)
Rank
2nd
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$3.3B
paid out in the year

Israel ranks 2nd 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)Israel $3.3 billionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Israel $3.3 billionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 51.5% from $6.8 billion in FY2024, and compare with an average of $3.6 billion a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2024, at $6.8 billion. In total, $39.3 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Israel in FY2025 was the Department of State ($3.3 billion, 99.8% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($3.3 billion, 100.0%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $3.3 billion (100.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $61,900 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 Israel itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Middle East and North Africa page).

US aid to Israel by year

Israel: $3.3B in FY2025, against a peak of $6.8B in FY2024

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$2B$4B$6B$8BFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$3.3B$0$2B$4B$6B$8B'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$3.3B
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$2.3M$3.1B$40.6M$46,168$3.2B$3.2B$376.272
FY2016$3.3M$3.1B$15.4M-$11,790$3.1B$3.1B$366.993
FY2017$4.9M$3.2B$7.3M$0$3.2B$3.2B$367.142
FY2018$1.3M$3.1B$17.6M$0$3.1B$3.1B$351.982
FY2019$1.7M$3.3B$10.4M$27,112$3.3B$3.3B$366.782
FY2020$3.6M$3.3B$13.3M$37,500$3.3B$3.3B$360.992
FY2021$2.4M$3.3B$19.7M$0$3.3B$3.3B$354.831
FY2022$4.1M$3.3B$13.8M$0$3.3B$3.3B$347.522
FY2023$5.3M$3.3B$7.5M$50,000$3.3B$3.3B$336.002
FY2024$3.8M$6.8B$14.6M$57,640$6.8B$6.8B$681.832
FY2025-$631,264$3.3B$5.6M$70,300$3.3B$3.3B$326.472
FY2026*$0$61,900$0$0$61,900$89,433$0.0196

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$3.3 billion99.8%
Department of Defense$5.6 million0.2%
Department of Energy$70,0000.0%
Department of Transportation$3000.0%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Peace and Security$3.3 billion100.0%
Program Support$176,3900.0%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$3.3 billion100.0%
Direct Administrative Costs$176,3900.0%
Trade and Investment$70,0000.0%
Infrastructure$3000.0%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Peace and Security$3.3B$3.3B$3.3B$6.8B$3.3B
Health$2.1M$2.7M$2.2M$3.9M-$1,264
Humanitarian Assistance$5.0M$5.0M$0$0$0
Education and Social Services$800,000$1.3M$3.3M-$86,760-$630,000
Environment$694,617$399,866$84,505$31,000-$24,169
Economic Development$184,511-$72,050$278,046$623,621-$114,125
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$274,599$22,452-$71$0$0
Multi-sector-$194,509-$217,120-$1,268-$284,351$0
Program Support-$3.3M-$1.5M-$4.5M$1.0M$176,390

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$3.3 billion100.0%
Enterprises$150,3500.0%

How Israel compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Ukraine$18.0 billion
Israel (this page)$3.3 billion
Jordan$1.6 billion
Ethiopia$852.1 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Israel?
$3.3 billion was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $3.3 billion disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $39.3 billion.
How much US aid does Israel get per person?
About $326.47 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 10,122,800.
How much USAID funding goes to Israel?
USAID managed -$631,264 of the FY2025 total (-0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($3.3 billion).
What is US aid to Israel spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $3.3 billion (100.0%); Program Support $176,390 (0.0%).
Has US aid to Israel gone up or down?
FY2025: $3.3 billion; FY2024: $6.8 billion (down 51.5%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2024 ($6.8 billion).
Does the US give military aid to Israel?
In FY2025, $3.3 billion (100.0%) of obligations for Israel was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $5.6 million.

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.