USAIDFiscal year 2022
USAID spending in 2022
USAID obligated $41.5 billion in FY2022, up 39.6% on FY2021.Fiscal year 2022 ran from October 2021 to September 2022. USAID disbursed $38.7 billion in the year and managed 52.8% of all US foreign aid obligations.
Obligated FY2022
$42B
$41.5 billion
Disbursed
$39B
paid out in the year
Countries
134
with a positive amount
The largest sector was Humanitarian Assistance ($12.5 billion, 30.0%). That sector includes: Protection, Assistance and Solutions; Migration Management; Disaster Readiness. Sub-Saharan Africa was the largest region ($13.3 billion), and Ukraine the largest single country ($10.0 billion). USAID money went to 134 countries.
Where the money went, FY2022
By sector
| Sector | FY2022 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian Assistance | $12.5 billion | 30.0% |
| Health | $11.4 billion | 27.5% |
| Economic Development | $11.4 billion | 27.5% |
| Program Support | $3.5 billion | 8.4% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $1.4 billion | 3.3% |
| Education and Social Services | $943.6 million | 2.3% |
| Peace and Security | $372.6 million | 0.9% |
| Environment | $4.8 million | 0.0% |
By region
| Region | FY2022 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | $13.3 billion | 32.0% |
| Europe and Eurasia | $10.5 billion | 25.2% |
| World | $9.4 billion | 22.7% |
| Middle East and North Africa | $3.8 billion | 9.1% |
| South and Central Asia | $1.9 billion | 4.6% |
| Western Hemisphere | $1.8 billion | 4.3% |
| East Asia and Oceania | $910.6 million | 2.2% |
Top 20 countries, FY2022
| Country | FY2022 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | $10.0 billion | 24.0% |
| Ethiopia | $2.1 billion | 5.0% |
| Yemen | $1.3 billion | 3.2% |
| South Sudan | $1.1 billion | 2.6% |
| Somalia | $946.4 million | 2.3% |
| Nigeria | $942.2 million | 2.3% |
| Afghanistan | $918.9 million | 2.2% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | $837.0 million | 2.0% |
| Syria | $826.1 million | 2.0% |
| Kenya | $821.6 million | 2.0% |
| Sudan | $797.1 million | 1.9% |
| Jordan | $658.3 million | 1.6% |
| Uganda | $577.0 million | 1.4% |
| Mozambique | $500.4 million | 1.2% |
| South Africa | $412.9 million | 1.0% |
| Tanzania | $402.0 million | 1.0% |
| Zambia | $384.5 million | 0.9% |
| Colombia | $349.4 million | 0.8% |
| Bangladesh | $341.2 million | 0.8% |
| Zimbabwe | $315.8 million | 0.8% |
Largest implementing partners, FY2022
Organizations that carried out the most USAID-funded work, by obligations recorded on ForeignAssistance.gov. Names are shown as reported; individuals and redacted names are left out.
| Partner | Type | FY2022 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Bank Group | Multilateral | $8.6 billion | 20.8% |
| World Food Program | Multilateral | $5.7 billion | 13.8% |
| U.S. Government - U.S. Agency for International Development | Government | $1.5 billion | 3.7% |
| United Nations Children's Fund | Multilateral | $800.4 million | 1.9% |
| Catholic Relief Services | Church and Faith Based | $651.1 million | 1.6% |
| Chemonics International, Inc. | Enterprises | $586.6 million | 1.4% |
| Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization | Multilateral | $580.0 million | 1.4% |
| Development Alternatives, Inc. | Enterprises | $439.3 million | 1.1% |
| U.S. Government - Department of State | Government | $354.2 million | 0.9% |
| Abt Associates, Inc. | Enterprises | $299.8 million | 0.7% |
| Government of Jordan | Government | $280.3 million | 0.7% |
| FHI 360 | NGO | $265.1 million | 0.6% |
| JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. | NGO | $262.3 million | 0.6% |
| International Organisation for Migration | Multilateral | $250.1 million | 0.6% |
| Futures Group Global | Enterprises | $227.3 million | 0.5% |
Related
Questions and answers
- How much did USAID spend in 2022?
- $41.5 billion obligated and $38.7 billion disbursed in FY2022, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
- Where did USAID money go in 2022?
- By sector: Humanitarian Assistance $12.5 billion; Health $11.4 billion; Economic Development $11.4 billion; Program Support $3.5 billion.
- Which country got the most USAID money in 2022?
- Ukraine ($10.0 billion), then Ethiopia ($2.1 billion), Yemen ($1.3 billion).
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.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.