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US foreign aid to the West Bank and Gaza

The US gave the West Bank and Gaza $565.3 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $104.43 per person, 6th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $565.3 million in foreign assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and disbursed $496.2 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

FY2025 obligated
$565M
$565.3 million
Per person
$104.43
pop. 5,413,596 (2025)
Rank
6th
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$496M
paid out in the year

The West Bank and Gaza ranks 6th 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)West Bank and Gaza $565.3 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)West Bank and Gaza $565.3 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 39.8% from $938.4 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $301.9 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2024, at $938.4 million. In total, $3.6 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for the West Bank and Gaza in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($546.2 million, 96.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Humanitarian Assistance ($433.3 million, 76.7%). That sector includes: Protection, Assistance and Solutions; Migration Management; Disaster Readiness. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, $341.4 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 the West Bank and Gaza itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Middle East and North Africa page).

US aid to the West Bank and Gaza by year

West Bank and Gaza: $565M in FY2025, against a peak of $938M 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
$0$250M$500M$750M$1BFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$565M$0$250M$500M$750M$1B'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$565M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$355.9M$202.6M$163,614$60,069$558.8M$457.2M$130.8617
FY2016$319.4M$97.1M$151,020$0$416.7M$617.5M$95.4223
FY2017$285.2M$113.6M$0$191,967$399.0M$376.1M$89.5724
FY2018$23.5M$63.8M$0$0$87.2M$268.8M$19.0961
FY2019$22.4M$5.5M$0$0$27.9M$120.2M$5.96102
FY2020$18.3M$1.0M$0$0$19.3M$18.9M$4.02109
FY2021$122.3M-$1.9M$0$3.5M$123.9M$30.6M$25.1652
FY2022$151.3M$3.0M$0$0$154.3M$110.1M$30.5957
FY2023$282.5M$11.1M$0$0$293.6M$112.0M$56.8329
FY2024$917.6M$18.6M$0$2.2M$938.4M$259.0M$177.438
FY2025$546.2M$19.1M$0$0$565.3M$496.2M$104.436
FY2026*-$1.2M$342.6M$0$0$341.4M$520.4M$63.073

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
U.S. Agency for International Development$546.2 million96.6%
Department of State$19.1 million3.4%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Humanitarian Assistance$433.3 million76.7%
Health$33.3 million5.9%
Program Support$27.2 million4.8%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$26.5 million4.7%
Education and Social Services$22.9 million4.0%
Economic Development$16.6 million2.9%
Peace and Security$5.6 million1.0%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Protection, Assistance and Solutions$433.3 million76.6%
Direct Administrative Costs$26.7 million4.7%
Other Public Health Threats$25.9 million4.6%
Basic Education$15.3 million2.7%
Rule of Law and Human Rights$10.4 million1.8%
Private Sector Competitiveness$9.5 million1.7%
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$9.0 million1.6%
Civil Society$8.5 million1.5%
Higher Education$8.4 million1.5%
Water Supply and Sanitation$7.3 million1.3%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Humanitarian Assistance$52.7M$28.8M$20.3M$648.6M$433.3M
Health$16.4M$30.8M$69.8M$85.1M$33.3M
Economic Development$19.9M$31.4M$64.5M$54.3M$16.6M
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$12.0M$14.6M$66.2M$66.6M$26.5M
Program Support$13.3M$30.1M$39.0M$50.6M$27.2M
Education and Social Services$1.2M$2.2M$23.9M$33.7M$22.9M
Peace and Security$8.3M$16.4M$9.9M-$375,882$5.6M

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
NGO$467.7 million82.7%
Enterprises$65.2 million11.5%
Government$32.2 million5.7%
Multilateral$557,5720.1%

How the West Bank and Gaza compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Ethiopia$852.1 million
Nigeria$620.3 million
West Bank and Gaza (this page)$565.3 million
Kenya$562.5 million
Sudan$547.9 million

Other countries in the Middle East and North Africa

All of the Middle East and North Africa

More on US foreign aid

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give the West Bank and Gaza?
$565.3 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $496.2 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $3.6 billion.
How much US aid does the West Bank and Gaza get per person?
About $104.43 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 5,413,596.
How much USAID funding goes to the West Bank and Gaza?
USAID managed $546.2 million of the FY2025 total (96.6%), more than any other agency.
What is US aid to the West Bank and Gaza spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Humanitarian Assistance $433.3 million (76.7%); Health $33.3 million (5.9%); Program Support $27.2 million (4.8%); Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $26.5 million (4.7%).
Has US aid to the West Bank and Gaza gone up or down?
FY2025: $565.3 million; FY2024: $938.4 million (down 39.8%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2024 ($938.4 million).
Does the US give military aid to the West Bank and Gaza?
In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for the West Bank and Gaza was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

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.