According to OECD data, the amount devoted by France to official development assistance (ODA) in 2022 amounted to 15.9 billion dollars, or 0.56% of its gross national income (GNI). ). This share has been steadily increasing since 2014, when it reached a low of 0.36%. The programming law promulgated in August 2021 relating to solidarity development and the fight against global inequalities, also known as the solidarity development law, provides for France to reach the 0.7% target set by the United Nations by 2025.
Only five countries honored this commitment last year: Luxembourg, with 1% of its GNI devoted to development aid to poor countries, Sweden (0.9%), Norway (0.86%), Germany (0.83%) and Denmark (0.7%). In proportion to its national wealth, France ranks 10th among donor countries. It is ahead of the United Kingdom (12th, with 0.51%), Japan (15th, with 0.39%) and Italy (19th, with 0.32%).
In total, official development assistance reached a record $204 billion last year, up from $186 billion in 2021, due in part to a sharp increase in spending on the processing and reception of refugees in the within donor countries, which amounted to $29.3 billion, or 14.4% of ODA, compared to $12.8 billion in 2021.
