Foreign aidWestern HemisphereFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Peru
The US gave Peru $82.4 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $2.38 per person, 51st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $82.4 million in foreign assistance for Peru and disbursed $137.5 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Peru ranks 51st of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 53.7% from $177.9 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $189.2 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2015, at $304.6 million. In total, $2.0 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Peru in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($39.2 million, 47.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Program Support ($42.8 million, 52.0%). That sector includes: Direct Administrative Costs; Monitoring and Evaluation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $7.2 million (8.7%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $2.2 million 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 Peru itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Western Hemisphere page).
US aid to Peru by year
Peru: $82M in FY2025, against a peak of $305M in FY2015
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 | $71.2M | $213.2M | $7.0M | $13.2M | $304.6M | $301.5M | $10.00 | 26 |
| FY2016 | $59.7M | $6.6M | $16.2M | $15.3M | $97.8M | $136.3M | $3.17 | 55 |
| FY2017 | $47.7M | $50.8M | $16.8M | $7.2M | $122.5M | $130.5M | $3.91 | 51 |
| FY2018 | $64.8M | $48.3M | $6.0M | $9.9M | $129.0M | $97.4M | $4.04 | 48 |
| FY2019 | $89.7M | $78.3M | $6.2M | $8.2M | $182.5M | $111.9M | $5.62 | 41 |
| FY2020 | $136.7M | $75.5M | $2.9M | $9.3M | $224.3M | $140.8M | $6.83 | 35 |
| FY2021 | $155.1M | $42.4M | $448,650 | $9.0M | $206.9M | $167.5M | $6.24 | 35 |
| FY2022 | $146.7M | $64.4M | $609,560 | $41.2M | $253.0M | $226.0M | $7.56 | 34 |
| FY2023 | $111.5M | $71.8M | $276,180 | $10.1M | $193.7M | $237.1M | $5.72 | 43 |
| FY2024 | $103.5M | $65.9M | $571,802 | $8.0M | $177.9M | $207.3M | $5.20 | 55 |
| FY2025 | $39.2M | $36.0M | $552,357 | $6.6M | $82.4M | $137.5M | $2.38 | 51 |
| FY2026* | -$653,384 | $2.1M | $95,000 | $655,100 | $2.2M | $16.8M | $0.06 | 61 |
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 | $39.2 million | 47.6% |
| Department of State | $36.0 million | 43.7% |
| Peace Corps | $5.1 million | 6.2% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $823,429 | 1.0% |
| Department of Defense | $552,357 | 0.7% |
| Department of Agriculture | $430,953 | 0.5% |
| Department of the Interior | $199,824 | 0.2% |
| Department of the Treasury | $19,731 | 0.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $5,520 | 0.0% |
| Department of Justice | $1,812 | 0.0% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Program Support | $42.8 million | 52.0% |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $13.3 million | 16.2% |
| Health | $10.8 million | 13.0% |
| Economic Development | $9.6 million | 11.6% |
| Education and Social Services | $2.7 million | 3.3% |
| Peace and Security | $2.0 million | 2.5% |
| Environment | $792,990 | 1.0% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $401,602 | 0.5% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Direct Administrative Costs | $42.8 million | 52.0% |
| Protection, Assistance and Solutions | $13.3 million | 16.2% |
| Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth | $10.6 million | 12.9% |
| Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats (PIOET) | $7.1 million | 8.7% |
| Policies, Regulations, and Systems | $2.7 million | 3.3% |
| Health - General | $2.2 million | 2.7% |
| Transnational Crime | $2.2 million | 2.7% |
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $2.1 million | 2.5% |
| HIV/AIDS | $1.4 million | 1.6% |
| Private Sector Competitiveness | $1.2 million | 1.5% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian Assistance | $69.9M | $69.4M | $51.8M | $53.9M | $13.3M |
| Economic Development | $59.4M | $93.2M | $44.4M | $25.1M | $9.6M |
| Program Support | $31.4M | $38.4M | $42.6M | $58.5M | $42.8M |
| Peace and Security | $14.8M | $26.0M | $37.0M | $20.5M | $2.0M |
| Health | $20.0M | $9.5M | $4.1M | $6.4M | $10.8M |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $4.7M | $8.3M | $5.9M | $7.2M | $401,602 |
| Education and Social Services | $4.0M | $6.1M | $5.4M | $4.7M | $2.7M |
| Environment | $2.6M | $1.7M | $2.5M | $1.5M | $792,990 |
| Multi-sector | $145,960 | $220,436 | $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 type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Government | $29.3 million | 35.5% |
| Enterprises | $26.6 million | 32.3% |
| NGO | $16.7 million | 20.3% |
| Multilateral | $8.8 million | 10.7% |
| Universities and Research Institutes | $1.4 million | 1.7% |
How Peru compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Palau | $86.9 million |
| Burundi | $82.9 million |
| Peru (this page) | $82.4 million |
| Morocco | $80.8 million |
| Costa Rica | $80.7 million |
Other countries in the Western Hemisphere
- Colombia$390M
- Haiti$337M
- Honduras$142M
- El Salvador$139M
- Guatemala$101M
- Costa Rica$81M
- Mexico$64M
- Ecuador$60M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Peru?
- $82.4 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $137.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $2.0 billion.
- How much US aid does Peru get per person?
- About $2.38 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 34,576,665.
- How much USAID funding goes to Peru?
- USAID managed $39.2 million of the FY2025 total (47.6%), more than any other agency.
- What is US aid to Peru spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Program Support $42.8 million (52.0%); Humanitarian Assistance $13.3 million (16.2%); Health $10.8 million (13.0%); Economic Development $9.6 million (11.6%).
- Has US aid to Peru gone up or down?
- FY2025: $82.4 million; FY2024: $177.9 million (down 53.7%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2015 ($304.6 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Peru?
- In FY2025, $7.2 million (8.7%) of obligations for Peru was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $552,357.
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.