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USAIDFiscal year 2024

USAID spending in 2024

USAID obligated $35.4 billion in FY2024, down 16.5% on FY2023.Fiscal year 2024 ran from October 2023 to September 2024. USAID disbursed $32.5 billion in the year and managed 41.3% of all US foreign aid obligations.

Obligated FY2024
$35B
$35.4 billion
Disbursed
$32B
paid out in the year
Countries
133
with a positive amount

The largest sector was Humanitarian Assistance ($9.8 billion, 27.7%). That sector includes: Protection, Assistance and Solutions; Migration Management; Disaster Readiness. Sub-Saharan Africa was the largest region ($12.3 billion), and Ukraine the largest single country ($6.1 billion). USAID money went to 133 countries.

Where the money went, FY2024

By sector

SectorFY2024Share
Humanitarian Assistance$9.8 billion27.7%
Health$9.8 billion27.6%
Economic Development$8.6 billion24.2%
Program Support$3.9 billion11.1%
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$1.8 billion5.1%
Education and Social Services$1.2 billion3.3%
Peace and Security$316.5 million0.9%
Environment$4.5 million0.0%

By region

RegionFY2024Share
Sub-Saharan Africa$12.3 billion34.7%
World$7.3 billion20.5%
Europe and Eurasia$6.8 billion19.1%
Middle East and North Africa$4.2 billion11.9%
Western Hemisphere$2.0 billion5.6%
South and Central Asia$1.9 billion5.3%
East Asia and Oceania$1.0 billion2.9%

Top 20 countries, FY2024

CountryFY2024Share
Ukraine$6.1 billion17.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo$1.3 billion3.8%
Jordan$1.3 billion3.7%
Ethiopia$1.2 billion3.4%
West Bank and Gaza$917.6 million2.6%
Sudan$790.7 million2.2%
Nigeria$762.6 million2.2%
Yemen$753.4 million2.1%
Afghanistan$743.2 million2.1%
South Sudan$705.3 million2.0%
Kenya$629.7 million1.8%
Mozambique$586.5 million1.7%
Syria$511.8 million1.4%
Uganda$510.2 million1.4%
Somalia$473.7 million1.3%
Bangladesh$447.7 million1.3%
Tanzania$437.9 million1.2%
Haiti$416.7 million1.2%
Zambia$408.9 million1.2%
Zimbabwe$359.4 million1.0%

Largest implementing partners, FY2024

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.

PartnerTypeFY2024Share
World Bank GroupMultilateral$4.1 billion11.5%
World Food ProgramMultilateral$3.6 billion10.0%
U.S. Government - U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentGovernment$2.0 billion5.6%
Government of JordanGovernment$844.3 million2.4%
Chemonics International, Inc.Enterprises$738.7 million2.1%
Development Alternatives, Inc.Enterprises$576.5 million1.6%
Catholic Relief ServicesChurch and Faith Based$513.1 million1.4%
United Nations Children's FundMultilateral$470.8 million1.3%
U.S. Government - Department of StateGovernment$434.7 million1.2%
International Finance CorporationMultilateral$350.8 million1.0%
RTI InternationalUniversities and Research Institutes$346.2 million1.0%
Abt Associates, Inc.Enterprises$309.3 million0.9%
Global Alliance for Vaccines and ImmunizationMultilateral$300.0 million0.8%
FHI 360NGO$293.6 million0.8%
International Organisation for MigrationMultilateral$265.9 million0.8%

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Questions and answers

How much did USAID spend in 2024?
$35.4 billion obligated and $32.5 billion disbursed in FY2024, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Where did USAID money go in 2024?
By sector: Humanitarian Assistance $9.8 billion; Health $9.8 billion; Economic Development $8.6 billion; Program Support $3.9 billion.
Which country got the most USAID money in 2024?
Ukraine ($6.1 billion), then the Democratic Republic of the Congo ($1.3 billion), Jordan ($1.3 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. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.