Foreign aidRegionFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to the Western Hemisphere
The US obligated $1.9 billion in foreign aid for the Western Hemisphere in FY2025, 4.0% of the worldwide total.That was down 50.9% from FY2024. The largest sector was Program Support ($495.9 million). $312.1 million was recorded for programs covering the region as a whole.
FY2025 obligated
$1.9B
$1.9 billion
Share of all US aid
4%
FY2025
Region-wide programs
$312M
not tied to one country
Countries
39
24 with their own page
The largest recipients in the Western Hemisphere, FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, nominal dollars.
| Country | FY2025 | Share of region |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | $390.4 million | 20.3% |
| Haiti | $337.0 million | 17.5% |
| Honduras | $142.4 million | 7.4% |
| El Salvador | $138.7 million | 7.2% |
| Guatemala | $101.1 million | 5.3% |
| Peru | $82.4 million | 4.3% |
| Costa Rica | $80.7 million | 4.2% |
| Mexico | $63.9 million | 3.3% |
| Ecuador | $59.7 million | 3.1% |
| Dominican Republic | $56.1 million | 2.9% |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
US aid to the Western Hemisphere by year
The Western Hemisphere: $1.9B in FY2025, against a peak of $4B 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $1.2B | $1.9B | $172.1M | $680.0M | $4.0B | $3.0B |
| FY2016 | $1.2B | $342.1M | $174.2M | $511.3M | $2.2B | $2.4B |
| FY2017 | $1.3B | $826.4M | $237.3M | $322.9M | $2.7B | $2.6B |
| FY2018 | $1.1B | $945.0M | $161.4M | $338.2M | $2.6B | $2.5B |
| FY2019 | $1.3B | $1.4B | $103.1M | $332.9M | $3.2B | $2.7B |
| FY2020 | $1.5B | $1.4B | $50.1M | $293.8M | $3.2B | $2.6B |
| FY2021 | $1.9B | $1.2B | $44.2M | $319.2M | $3.4B | $3.0B |
| FY2022 | $1.8B | $1.5B | $36.4M | $477.9M | $3.8B | $3.6B |
| FY2023 | $1.9B | $1.5B | $25.2M | $387.0M | $3.8B | $3.8B |
| FY2024 | $2.0B | $1.6B | $17.6M | $342.0M | $3.9B | $3.8B |
| FY2025 | $812.1M | $800.7M | $12.2M | $295.4M | $1.9B | $2.8B |
| FY2026* | -$6.6M | $262.9M | -$648,267 | $37.3M | $292.9M | $540.1M |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Every country, FY2025
Click a column to sort. Countries without a link received less than $50.0 million over FY2015–FY2025.
| # | Country | FY2025 obligated | Per person | FY2015–FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | $390.4M | $7.31 | $7.0B |
| 2 | Haiti | $337.0M | $28.30 | $4.0B |
| 3 | Honduras | $142.4M | $12.94 | $1.7B |
| 4 | El Salvador | $138.7M | $21.79 | $1.6B |
| 5 | Guatemala | $101.1M | $5.41 | $2.4B |
| 6 | Peru | $82.4M | $2.38 | $2.0B |
| 7 | Costa Rica | $80.7M | $15.66 | $466.0M |
| 8 | Mexico | $63.9M | $0.48 | $3.0B |
| 9 | Ecuador | $59.7M | $3.26 | $1.2B |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | $56.1M | $4.87 | $798.8M |
| 11 | Venezuela | $29.2M | $1.02 | $1.2B |
| 12 | Brazil | $27.5M | $0.13 | $530.9M |
| 13 | Jamaica | $24.3M | $8.57 | $390.7M |
| 14 | Panama | $23.9M | $5.24 | $455.8M |
| 15 | Paraguay | $11.2M | $1.60 | $223.7M |
| 16 | Cuba | $9.2M | $0.84 | $119.2M |
| 17 | Nicaragua | $5.1M | $0.73 | $385.6M |
| 18 | Belize | $3.5M | $8.30 | $123.0M |
| 19 | Barbados | $3.5M | $12.24 | $41.0M |
| 20 | Bolivia | $3.2M | $0.26 | $101.6M |
| 21 | Guyana | $3.1M | $3.67 | $58.1M |
| 22 | Uruguay | $2.9M | $0.85 | $46.9M |
| 23 | Argentina | $2.3M | $0.05 | $77.1M |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1.9M | $1.41 | $43.6M |
| 25 | Bahamas | $1.7M | $4.18 | $62.4M |
| 26 | Chile | $889,660 | $0.04 | $55.1M |
| 27 | Suriname | $572,443 | $0.89 | $6.3M |
| 28 | St. Vincent and Grenadines | $560,000 | $5.60 | $13.9M |
| 29 | St. Kitts and Nevis | $379,610 | $8.09 | $7.5M |
| 30 | Grenada | $240,000 | $2.05 | $8.1M |
| 31 | Canada | $214,608 | $0.01 | $160.2M |
| 32 | Dominica | $160,000 | $2.43 | $17.0M |
| 33 | St. Lucia | $160,000 | $0.89 | $7.0M |
| 34 | Bermuda | $129,548 | $2.01 | $140,798 |
| 35 | Aruba | $0 | – | $1.5M |
| 36 | Anguilla | $0 | – | $336,302 |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | $0 | – | $7.1M |
| 38 | Curacao | $0 | – | $367,921 |
| 39 | Turks and Caicos Islands | $0 | – | $75,000 |
What it pays for, FY2025
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Program Support | $495.9 million | 25.8% |
| Health | $306.3 million | 16.0% |
| Economic Development | $288.6 million | 15.0% |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $288.3 million | 15.0% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $232.4 million | 12.1% |
| Peace and Security | $220.4 million | 11.5% |
| Education and Social Services | $68.3 million | 3.6% |
| Multi-sector | $16.8 million | 0.9% |
| Environment | $3.3 million | 0.2% |
Other regions
Questions and answers
- How much US foreign aid goes to the Western Hemisphere?
- $1.9 billion was obligated in FY2025 (4.0% of all US foreign aid), including $312.1 million for region-wide programs.
- Which country in the Western Hemisphere gets the most US aid?
- Colombia, with $390.4 million in FY2025.
- What is US aid to the Western Hemisphere spent on?
- In FY2025: Program Support $495.9 million (25.8%); Health $306.3 million (16.0%); Economic Development $288.6 million (15.0%).
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.