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.

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Context

Regional ODA totals on Our World in Data place sub-Saharan Africa as the largest recipient region.

Cells show rounded regional shares of aid flows.