| Rank | Country | million $ | Economic aid - recipient |
| World | 106,400 | ODA, $106.4 billion (2005) |
1 | Iraq | 21,650 | $21.65 billion (2005) |
2 | Greece | 8,000 | $8 billion annually from EU (2000-06); Greece will receive about $3.8 billion per year between 2007-13 under the EU's Community Support Funds IV |
3 | Lebanon | 7,600 | of the $7.6 billion in grants and loans pledged to Lebanon at the Paris III conference in January 2007, Beirut as of mid-December 2007 had signed agreements for $3 billion, including $1 billion in project financing, $750 million in direct budget support, $750 million in private sector credit, and $285 million in in-kind aid; about $500 million of the $1.7 billion pledged for direct budget support has been disbursed to Lebanon; donors in August 2006 also pledged nearly $1.8 billion in aid to help Lebanon recover from the 2006 Israel-Hizballah war; during the conflict, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait provided $1.5 billion in concessional loans to the Lebanese central bank to maintain confidence in the Lebanese currency. (2005) |
4 | Nigeria | 6,437 | $6.437 billion (2005) |
5 | Vietnam | 5,400 | $5.4 billion in credits and grants pledged by the 2007 Consultative Group meeting in Hanoi (2007) |
6 | Afghanistan | 2,775 | $2.775 billion (2005) |
7 | Indonesia | 2,524 | ODA, $2.524 billion (2006 est.)
note: Indonesia ended 2006 with $67 billion in official foreign debt (about 25% of GDP), with Japan ($25 billion), the World Bank ($8.5 billion) and the Asian Development Bank ($8.4 billion) as the largest creditors; about $6 billion in grant assistance was pledged to rebuild Aceh after the December 2004 tsunami; President YUDHOYONO disbanded the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) donor forum in January 2007 |
8 | Yemen | 2,300 | $2.3 billion (2003-07 disbursements) |
9 | Serbia | 2,000 | $2 billion pledged in 2001 to Serbia and Montenegro (disbursements to follow over several years; some aid pledged by EU and US has been placed on hold because of lack of cooperation by Serbia in handing over General Ratko MLADIC to the criminal court in The Hague) |
10 | Sudan | 1,829 | $1.829 billion (2005) |
11 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1,828 | $1.828 billion (2005) |
12 | India | 1,724 | $1.724 billion (2005) |
13 | Pakistan | 1,666 | $1.666 billion (2005) |
14 | China | 1,641 | $1.641 billion (FY07) |
15 | Ethiopia | 1,600 | $1.6 billion (FY05/06) |
16 | Poland | 1,524 | $1.524 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004) |
17 | Tanzania | 1,505 | $1.505 billion (2005) |
18 | Congo, Republic of the | 1,449 | $1.449 billion (2005) |
19 | Gaza Strip | 1,400 | $1.4 billion; (includes West Bank) (2006 est.) |
20 | West Bank | 1,400 | $1.4 billion; (includes Gaza Strip) (2006 est.) |
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