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US foreign aid to Ukraine

The US gave Ukraine $18.0 billion in foreign aid in FY2025: $461.94 per person, 1st of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $18.0 billion in foreign assistance for Ukraine and disbursed $6.8 billion, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

FY2025 obligated
$18B
$18.0 billion
Per person
$461.94
pop. 38,980,376 (2025)
Rank
1st
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$6.8B
paid out in the year

Ukraine ranks 1st of 173 recipient countries

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

$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)HighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)HighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 27.4% from $24.8 billion in FY2024, and compare with an average of $9.8 billion a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2023, at $48.7 billion. In total, $116.1 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Ukraine in FY2025 was the Department of Defense ($12.7 billion, 70.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($13.1 billion, 72.6%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $12.7 billion (70.6%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $759.8 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 Ukraine itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Ukraine by year

Ukraine: $18B in FY2025, against a peak of $49B in FY2023

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
$0$20B$40B$60BFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$18B$0$20B$40B$60B'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$18B
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$114.8M$120.9M$28.0M$12.1M$275.8M$317.0M$6.0228
FY2016$144.9M$123.7M$228.4M$22.6M$519.6M$525.4M$11.3916
FY2017$194.0M$154.6M$157.0M$19.2M$524.8M$447.1M$11.5518
FY2018$183.2M$141.4M$208.8M$17.8M$551.2M$538.7M$12.1920
FY2019$184.4M$165.9M$232.8M$19.8M$602.9M$503.8M$13.4120
FY2020$252.1M$371.8M$60.2M$24.4M$708.5M$555.7M$15.8617
FY2021$246.3M$204.7M$326.6M$28.9M$806.5M$613.5M$18.219
FY2022$10.0B$2.0B$8.1B$519.9M$20.6B$16.5B$501.381
FY2023$16.4B$537.0M$31.7B$51.3M$48.7B$24.8B$1,291.701
FY2024$6.1B$869.6M$17.6B$277.0M$24.8B$10.2B$655.491
FY2025$4.6B$498.6M$12.7B$158.5M$18.0B$6.8B$461.941
FY2026*-$250,386$760.0M$53,410$34,705$759.8M$447.7M$19.492

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 agencyFY2025Share
Department of Defense$12.7 billion70.6%
U.S. Agency for International Development$4.6 billion25.8%
Department of State$498.6 million2.8%
Department of Energy$101.7 million0.6%
Department of the Treasury$39.4 million0.2%
Department of Health and Human Services$16.7 million0.1%
Peace Corps$736,0340.0%
Department of Transportation$1500.0%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Peace and Security$13.1 billion72.6%
Economic Development$4.6 billion25.4%
Humanitarian Assistance$123.2 million0.7%
Program Support$97.3 million0.5%
Health$76.3 million0.4%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$44.1 million0.2%
Multi-sector$25.0 million0.1%
Environment$800,0000.0%
Education and Social Services$212,6410.0%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Peace and Security - General$8.3 billion46.0%
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$4.8 billion26.5%
Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth$4.0 billion22.2%
Infrastructure$565.6 million3.1%
Direct Administrative Costs$97.0 million0.5%
Disaster Readiness$76.6 million0.4%
Protection, Assistance and Solutions$46.6 million0.3%
Good Governance$40.7 million0.2%
HIV/AIDS$35.0 million0.2%
Multi-sector - Unspecified$25.0 million0.1%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Peace and Security$497.8M$10.0B$32.2B$18.0B$13.1B
Economic Development$81.4M$8.6B$15.1B$5.5B$4.6B
Humanitarian Assistance$27.4M$1.2B$1.0B$583.9M$123.2M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$117.0M$185.8M$269.1M$363.2M$44.1M
Program Support$35.2M$73.3M$83.5M$283.1M$97.3M
Multi-sector$7.3M$501.8M$51,814$0$25.0M
Health$36.3M$63.0M$78.0M$97.8M$76.3M
Education and Social Services$3.3M$2.8M$9.8M$16.7M$212,641
Environment$698,114$282,975$2.6M$1.0M$800,000

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 typeFY2025Share
Government$13.4 billion74.2%
Multilateral$3.5 billion19.7%
Enterprises$962.6 million5.3%
NGO$118.8 million0.7%
Universities and Research Institutes$6.9 million0.0%
Church and Faith Based$5.0 million0.0%

How Ukraine compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Ukraine (this page)$18.0 billion
Israel$3.3 billion
Jordan$1.6 billion

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Ukraine?
$18.0 billion was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $6.8 billion disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $116.1 billion.
How much US aid does Ukraine get per person?
About $461.94 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 38,980,376.
How much USAID funding goes to Ukraine?
USAID managed $4.6 billion of the FY2025 total (25.8%). The Department of Defense managed the most ($12.7 billion).
What is US aid to Ukraine spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $13.1 billion (72.6%); Economic Development $4.6 billion (25.4%); Humanitarian Assistance $123.2 million (0.7%); Program Support $97.3 million (0.5%).
Has US aid to Ukraine gone up or down?
FY2025: $18.0 billion; FY2024: $24.8 billion (down 27.4%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2023 ($48.7 billion).
Does the US give military aid to Ukraine?
In FY2025, $12.7 billion (70.6%) of obligations for Ukraine was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov, and the Department of Defense managed $12.7 billion.

Sources and notes

  1. 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.
  2. Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
  3. Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
  4. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.