How much US foreign aid goes to Sub-Saharan Africa?

$9.3 billion was obligated in FY2025 (19.3% of all US foreign aid), including $941.7 million for region-wide programs.

Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa gets the most US aid?

Ethiopia, with $852.1 million in FY2025.

What is US aid to Sub-Saharan Africa spent on?

In FY2025: Health $5.1 billion (54.5%); Humanitarian Assistance $2.3 billion (24.6%); Economic Development $765.0 million (8.2%).

Foreign aidRegionFiscal year 2025

US foreign aid to Sub-Saharan Africa

The US obligated $9.3 billion in foreign aid for Sub-Saharan Africa in FY2025, 19.3% of the worldwide total.That was down 46.2% from FY2024. The largest sector was Health ($5.1 billion). $941.7 million was recorded for programs covering the region as a whole.

FY2025 obligated

$9.3B

$9.3 billion

Share of all US aid

19%

FY2025

Region-wide programs

$942M

not tied to one country

Countries

43 with their own page

The largest recipients in Sub-Saharan Africa, FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, nominal dollars.

Country	FY2025	Share of region
Ethiopia	$852.1 million	9.1%
Nigeria	$620.3 million	6.6%
Kenya	$562.5 million	6.0%
Sudan	$547.9 million	5.9%
Mozambique	$502.9 million	5.4%
Uganda	$455.4 million	4.9%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	$452.5 million	4.8%
Zambia	$422.1 million	4.5%
Tanzania	$414.9 million	4.4%
Benin	$288.2 million	3.1%

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

US aid to Sub-Saharan Africa by year

Sub-Saharan Africa: $9.3B in FY2025, against a peak of $18B in FY2022

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

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View every year as a table

Fiscal year	USAID	State Department	Defense Department	Other agencies	Total obligated	Disbursed
FY2015	$7.6B	$1.3B	$761.1M	$2.0B	$11.7B	$10.3B
FY2016	$7.2B	$1.4B	$267.5M	$3.7B	$12.6B	$10.7B
FY2017	$8.2B	$1.6B	$429.8M	$2.8B	$13.0B	$12.1B
FY2018	$7.8B	$1.9B	$365.8M	$2.3B	$12.3B	$12.0B
FY2019	$8.4B	$1.8B	$449.5M	$2.8B	$13.5B	$12.4B
FY2020	$9.7B	$2.1B	$281.4M	$2.4B	$14.5B	$12.0B
FY2021	$9.6B	$2.1B	$163.4M	$2.3B	$14.3B	$14.1B
FY2022	$13.3B	$1.8B	$134.9M	$2.7B	$17.9B	$15.5B
FY2023	$11.4B	$2.0B	$162.9M	$2.4B	$15.8B	$16.4B
FY2024	$12.3B	$2.0B	$73.5M	$3.0B	$17.3B	$15.9B
FY2025	$4.4B	$3.2B	$25.4M	$1.7B	$9.3B	$12.0B
FY2026*	-$37.2M	$1.3B	$3.9M	$26.7M	$1.3B	$3.3B

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).

Every country, FY2025

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#	Country	FY2025 obligated	Per person	FY2015–FY2025 total
1	Ethiopia	$852.1M	$6.29	$13.4B
2	Nigeria	$620.3M	$2.61	$9.5B
3	Kenya	$562.5M	$9.78	$9.9B
4	Sudan	$547.9M	$10.61	$5.0B
5	Mozambique	$502.9M	$14.11	$6.3B
6	Uganda	$455.4M	$8.86	$7.8B
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$452.5M	$4.01	$8.5B
8	Zambia	$422.1M	$19.26	$4.8B
9	Tanzania	$414.9M	$5.88	$6.6B
10	Benin	$288.2M	$19.45	$1.5B
11	Malawi	$277.5M	$12.49	$4.1B
12	South Sudan	$274.0M	$22.48	$8.8B
13	South Africa	$261.6M	$4.04	$6.1B
14	Cote d'Ivoire	$219.9M	$6.72	$2.5B
15	Senegal	$213.4M	$11.27	$2.5B
16	Somalia	$212.0M	$10.79	$7.5B
17	Rwanda	$206.9M	$14.20	$2.3B
18	Burkina Faso	$189.9M	$7.89	$1.7B
19	Zimbabwe	$140.1M	$8.26	$3.2B
20	Ghana	$137.7M	$3.93	$2.3B
21	Mali	$136.1M	$5.40	$2.6B
22	Cameroon	$108.3M	$3.62	$1.9B
23	Liberia	$106.5M	$18.59	$2.6B
24	Niger	$97.0M	$3.48	$2.6B
25	Sierra Leone	$88.8M	$10.07	$864.5M
26	Burundi	$82.9M	$5.76	$814.4M
27	Madagascar	$79.5M	$2.43	$1.7B
28	Chad	$73.3M	$3.49	$1.4B
29	Guinea	$62.5M	$4.14	$784.4M
30	Angola	$55.0M	$1.41	$740.7M
31	Namibia	$46.4M	$14.99	$769.4M
32	Lesotho	$41.6M	$17.61	$1.1B
33	Eswatini	$41.3M	$32.85	$682.6M
34	Botswana	$36.6M	$14.29	$584.5M
35	Togo	$29.7M	$3.46	$286.3M
36	Central African Republic	$18.4M	$3.34	$1.3B
37	Djibouti	$14.1M	$11.93	$408.7M
38	Gambia	$10.3M	$3.66	$177.0M
39	Gabon	$8.9M	$3.43	$71.4M
40	Cabo Verde	$7.8M	$14.78	$39.2M
41	Mauritania	$1.9M	$0.36	$330.9M
42	Sudan (former)	$1.0M	–	$284.7M
43	Guinea-Bissau	$685,858	$0.30	$55.1M
44	Seychelles	$659,969	$5.38	$8.4M
45	Congo	$611,225	$0.09	$134.8M
46	Mauritius	$343,557	$0.28	$7.3M
47	Sao Tome and Principe	$200,000	$0.83	$3.9M
48	Equatorial Guinea	$98,553	$0.05	$10.7M
49	Eritrea	$0	–	$4.6M
50	British Indian Ocean Territory	$0	–	$6,149
51	Comoros	-$2.5M	–	$21.9M

What it pays for, FY2025

Sector	FY2025	Share
Health	$5.1 billion	54.5%
Humanitarian Assistance	$2.3 billion	24.6%
Economic Development	$765.0 million	8.2%
Program Support	$658.3 million	7.0%
Peace and Security	$160.5 million	1.7%
Education and Social Services	$153.6 million	1.6%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance	$151.6 million	1.6%
Multi-sector	$54.4 million	0.6%
Environment	$9.1 million	0.1%

Other regions

Questions and answers

How much US foreign aid goes to Sub-Saharan Africa?: $9.3 billion was obligated in FY2025 (19.3% of all US foreign aid), including $941.7 million for region-wide programs.
Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa gets the most US aid?: Ethiopia, with $852.1 million in FY2025.
What is US aid to Sub-Saharan Africa spent on?: In FY2025: Health $5.1 billion (54.5%); Humanitarian Assistance $2.3 billion (24.6%); Economic Development $765.0 million (8.2%).

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.
How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.