Denmark has long been one of the half-dozen donor countries that consistently met or exceeded the United Nations target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development assistance.
But in September, when official figures were leaked early, they showed that in 2022, Denmark slipped below 0.7% — for the first time in five decades, local experts told Devex.
“Everybody in the development community was in shock,” said Laust Leth Gregersen, director of policy, advocacy, and media at Oxfam Denmark. “I think the government was in shock too.”