How much foreign aid does the US give Poland?

$1.8 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $2.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $459.3 million.

How much US aid does Poland get per person?

About $0.05 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 36,435,861.

How much USAID funding goes to Poland?

USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($1.4 million).

What is US aid to Poland spent on?

In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $1.6 million (90.3%); Economic Development $242,000 (13.3%).

Has US aid to Poland gone up or down?

FY2025: $1.8 million; FY2024: $4.6 million (down 60.7%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($301.4 million).

Does the US give military aid to Poland?

In FY2025, $1.6 million (90.3%) of obligations for Poland was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $137,967.

Foreign aidEurope and EurasiaFiscal year 2025

US foreign aid to Poland

The US gave Poland $1.8 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.05 per person, 126th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $1.8 million in foreign assistance for Poland and disbursed $2.5 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: $4.6 million against a FY2021–23 average of $126.1 million; FY2025: $1.8 million against a FY2022–24 average of $126.4 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

$1.8M

$1.8 million

Per person

$0.05

pop. 36,435,861 (2025)

Rank

126th

of 173 recipient countries

FY2025 disbursed

$2.5M

paid out in the year

Poland ranks 126th of 173 recipient countries

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

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 60.7% from $4.6 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $45.7 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2022, at $301.4 million. In total, $459.3 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Poland in FY2025 was the Department of State ($1.4 million, 79.1% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($1.6 million, 90.3%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $1.6 million (90.3%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, -$26,905 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 Poland itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Poland by year

Poland: $1.8M in FY2025, against a peak of $301M 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

View every year as a table

Fiscal year	USAID	State Department	Defense Department	Other agencies	Total obligated	Disbursed	Per person	Rank
FY2015	$0	$19.9M	$213,574	$0	$20.1M	$449.3M	$0.53	97
FY2016	-$59,411	$12.4M	$243,592	$0	$12.6M	$79.3M	$0.33	110
FY2017	-$285,983	$11.5M	$0	$0	$11.2M	$11.4M	$0.29	110
FY2018	$0	$1.7M	$22,941	$30,000	$1.7M	$1.7M	$0.04	135
FY2019	$0	$13.2M	$1.6M	$145,061	$14.9M	$13.9M	$0.39	114
FY2020	$0	$6.6M	$7.4M	$82,234	$14.1M	$13.1M	$0.38	116
FY2021	$0	$475,000	$0	$3.0M	$3.5M	$3.0M	$0.09	133
FY2022	$4,803	$289.3M	$12.0M	$94,500	$301.4M	$304.3M	$8.19	29
FY2023	$24,111	$61.2M	$12.0M	$20,000	$73.3M	$74.0M	$2.00	74
FY2024	$984,576	$3.0M	$443,822	$158,000	$4.6M	$3.5M	$0.13	131
FY2025	$0	$1.4M	$137,967	$242,000	$1.8M	$2.5M	$0.05	126
FY2026*	$0	-$26,905	$0	$0	-$26,905	$0	–	–

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 agency	FY2025	Share
Department of State	$1.4 million	79.1%
Department of Energy	$242,000	13.3%
Department of Defense	$137,967	7.6%

By sector

Sector	FY2025	Share
Peace and Security	$1.6 million	90.3%
Economic Development	$242,000	13.3%

Largest program areas

Program area	FY2025	Share
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform	$1.5 million	82.7%
Trade and Investment	$242,000	13.3%
Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)	$137,967	7.6%

Sectors over the last five years

Sector	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025
Peace and Security	$475,027	$301.3M	$72.9M	$2.9M	$1.6M
Economic Development	$3.0M	$94,500	$20,000	$158,000	$242,000
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$0	$0	$349,344	$1.5M	-$65,437
Program Support	-$27	$2,993	$0	$91,183	$0
Health	$0	$4,803	$4,211	$4,725	$0
Humanitarian Assistance	$0	$0	$19,900	-$11,332	$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	$1.9 million	103.6%

How Poland compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Mauritania	$1.9 million
Croatia	$1.8 million
Poland (this page)	$1.8 million
Bahamas	$1.7 million
Hungary	$1.2 million

Other countries in Europe and Eurasia

All of Europe and Eurasia

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Poland?: $1.8 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $2.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $459.3 million.
How much US aid does Poland get per person?: About $0.05 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 36,435,861.
How much USAID funding goes to Poland?: USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($1.4 million).
What is US aid to Poland spent on?: In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $1.6 million (90.3%); Economic Development $242,000 (13.3%).
Has US aid to Poland gone up or down?: FY2025: $1.8 million; FY2024: $4.6 million (down 60.7%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2022 ($301.4 million).
Does the US give military aid to Poland?: In FY2025, $1.6 million (90.3%) of obligations for Poland was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $137,967.

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.