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US foreign aid to Latvia

The US gave Latvia $22.9 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $12.40 per person, 81st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $22.9 million in foreign assistance for Latvia and disbursed $20.6 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: $22.8 million against a FY2021–23 average of $64.8 million; FY2025: $22.9 million against a FY2022–24 average of $64.3 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
$23M
$22.9 million
Per person
$12.40
pop. 1,847,785 (2025)
Rank
81st
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$21M
paid out in the year

Latvia ranks 81st 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)Latvia $22.9 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Latvia $22.9 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were up 0.6% from $22.8 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $36.9 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $147.1 million. In total, $391.5 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Latvia in FY2025 was the Department of State ($22.9 million, 99.9% of the total). By sector, the largest was Program Support ($11.6 million, 50.6%). That sector includes: Direct Administrative Costs; Monitoring and Evaluation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $11.3 million (49.3%) 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 Latvia itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Latvia 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: $22.8 million against a FY2021–23 average of $64.8 million; FY2025: $22.9 million against a FY2022–24 average of $64.3 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.)

Latvia: $23M in FY2025, against a peak of $147M 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*$23M$0$50M$100M$150M'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$23M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$0$5.3M$9.6M$0$14.8M$13.6M$7.50103
FY2016-$4,759$16.1M$5.2M$0$21.3M$20.9M$10.8594
FY2017$0$12.7M$66,635$0$12.7M$11.5M$6.56108
FY2018$0$9.4M$23.5M$0$32.9M$32.9M$17.0789
FY2019$0$32.1M$12.4M$0$44.5M$42.8M$23.2688
FY2020$0$23.2M$2.0M$117,468$25.3M$24.0M$13.30103
FY2021$0$24.0M$0$243,374$24.2M$21.3M$12.8698
FY2022$0$146.6M$0$485,285$147.1M$146.5M$78.2660
FY2023$0$22.4M$0$638,979$23.0M$23.3M$12.22103
FY2024$0$22.3M$0$497,826$22.8M$13.5M$12.20101
FY2025$0$22.9M$0$13,212$22.9M$20.6M$12.4081
FY2026*$0$0$0$0$0$1.2M––

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$22.9 million99.9%
Department of the Treasury$13,2120.1%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Program Support$11.6 million50.6%
Peace and Security$11.3 million49.3%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$13,2120.1%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Direct Administrative Costs$11.6 million50.6%
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$11.3 million49.3%
Good Governance$13,2120.1%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Peace and Security$22.8M$146.2M$20.9M$17.6M$11.3M
Program Support$1.1M$0$0$4.7M$11.6M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$243,374$670,285$2.1M$497,826$13,212
Education and Social Services$0$200,000$0$0$0
Humanitarian Assistance$24,990$24,000$24,850$25,000$0
Economic Development$0$40,000$35,000$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$22.6 million98.6%
Enterprises$323,2851.4%

How Latvia compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Tunisia$23.9 million
Panama$23.9 million
Latvia (this page)$22.9 million
Serbia$21.2 million
Kyrgyzstan$20.6 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Latvia?
$22.9 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $20.6 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $391.5 million.
How much US aid does Latvia get per person?
About $12.40 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 1,847,785.
How much USAID funding goes to Latvia?
USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($22.9 million).
What is US aid to Latvia spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Program Support $11.6 million (50.6%); Peace and Security $11.3 million (49.3%); Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $13,212 (0.1%).
Has US aid to Latvia gone up or down?
FY2025: $22.9 million; FY2024: $22.8 million (up 0.6%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($147.1 million).
Does the US give military aid to Latvia?
In FY2025, $11.3 million (49.3%) of obligations for Latvia 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.