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US foreign aid to Taiwan
The US gave Taiwan $300.5 million in foreign aid in FY2025, 20th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $300.5 million in foreign assistance for Taiwan and disbursed $300.5 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Taiwan ranks 20th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 80.0% from $1.5 billion in FY2024, and compare with an average of $163.9 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2024, at $1.5 billion. In total, $1.9 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Taiwan in FY2025 was the Department of State ($300.3 million, 99.9% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($300.0 million, 99.8%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $300.0 million (99.8%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $150 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 Taiwan itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the East Asia and Oceania page).
US aid to Taiwan by year
Taiwan: $300M in FY2025, against a peak of $1.5B in FY2024
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 | -$39 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$39 | $0 | – | – |
| FY2016 | $700,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $700,000 | $362,173 | – | 155 |
| FY2017 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $150,200 | – | – |
| FY2018 | $200,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $200,000 | $174,756 | – | 168 |
| FY2019 | $200,000 | $0 | $2,203 | $0 | $202,203 | $94,285 | – | 167 |
| FY2020 | $150,000 | $0 | $0 | $51,500 | $201,500 | $314,178 | – | 169 |
| FY2021 | $0 | $875,491 | $0 | $42,300 | $917,791 | $1.5M | – | 155 |
| FY2022 | $300,000 | $32,000 | $0 | $30,000 | $362,000 | $1.7M | – | 167 |
| FY2023 | $5,800 | $135.6M | $0 | $140,000 | $135.7M | $136.1M | – | 57 |
| FY2024 | $266,244 | $1.5B | $0 | $186,720 | $1.5B | $1.5B | – | 4 |
| FY2025 | -$10,648 | $300.3M | $0 | $216,000 | $300.5M | $300.5M | – | 20 |
| FY2026* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $150 | $150 | $85,453 | – | 112 |
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 | $300.3 million | 99.9% |
| Department of Energy | $216,000 | 0.1% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $300.0 million | 99.8% |
| Program Support | $256,500 | 0.1% |
| Economic Development | $216,000 | 0.1% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $300.0 million | 99.8% |
| Direct Administrative Costs | $256,500 | 0.1% |
| Trade and Investment | $216,000 | 0.1% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $0 | $0 | $135.0M | $1.5B | $300.0M |
| Program Support | $980,570 | $32,000 | $575,112 | $184,054 | $256,500 |
| Economic Development | $42,300 | $30,000 | $140,000 | $186,720 | $216,000 |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $0 | $300,000 | $5,800 | $266,244 | -$10,648 |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | -$105,079 | $0 | $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 | $300.2 million | 99.9% |
| NGO | $256,500 | 0.1% |
How Taiwan compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Bangladesh | $319.4 million |
| Marshall Islands | $307.4 million |
| Taiwan (this page) | $300.5 million |
| Benin | $288.2 million |
| Malawi | $277.5 million |
Other countries in East Asia and Oceania
- Micronesia, Federated States of$391M
- Marshall Islands$307M
- Vietnam$233M
- Philippines$131M
- Indonesia$112M
- Palau$87M
- Burma (Myanmar)$79M
- Cambodia$77M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Taiwan?
- $300.5 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $300.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $1.9 billion.
- How much USAID funding goes to Taiwan?
- USAID managed -$10,648 of the FY2025 total (-0.0%). The Department of State managed the most ($300.3 million).
- What is US aid to Taiwan spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $300.0 million (99.8%); Program Support $256,500 (0.1%); Economic Development $216,000 (0.1%).
- Has US aid to Taiwan gone up or down?
- FY2025: $300.5 million; FY2024: $1.5 billion (down 80.0%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2024 ($1.5 billion).
- Does the US give military aid to Taiwan?
- In FY2025, $300.0 million (99.8%) of obligations for Taiwan was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
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; the World Bank publishes no population figure for Taiwan, so none is shown.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.