2026-04-07 · percent of global aid-receiving GNI
Sub-Saharan Africa is the largest regional aid recipient
Population and poverty drive inflows — not geography alone.
Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides aid-receiving economies (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of global aid-receiving GNI (0.1% of aid-receiving economies) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Net ODA received (% of GNI) put Sub-Saharan Africa at 35% of aid-receiving economies and Asia & Pacific at 33.8% — about 100 percent of global aid-receiving GNI in this edition's rounding.
Aid inflows relative to national income (OECD DAC via OWID).
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-04-07-pol-oda-sub-saharan-share