With Russian troops amassing on the border of Ukraine, aid workers in the country are saying that the resources needed to address a humanitarian crisis are far beyond those available to them. With that in mind, we looked at the levels of official development assistance currently flowing to the country.
Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows that development aid to Ukraine has been increasing steadily in the last decade. Contributions from development assistance committee countries, as well as other bilateral and multilateral donors, grew from $675.5 million in 2011 to $1.3 billion in 2019. Preliminary data shows that aid for the country in 2020 was at $1.8 billion.
Humanitarian aid makes up a relatively small amount of total funding. Data on humanitarian aid to Ukraine is being collected through the Financial Tracking Services of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or UNOCHA. Through FTS, UNOCHA collects information on humanitarian donations, including information on sources of aid and agencies where the funds will be channeled.