The 2024 Aid Transparency Index has recorded its highest scores in the analysis’ 12-year history, with the world’s largest aid agencies tracking, sharing, and publicizing their data at better rates than ever before.
The index describes itself as the only independent, global assessment of aid data transparency, and is the result of a six-month process led by nonprofit organization Publish What You Fund. By tracking the 50 largest agencies against 35 different indicators — and analyzing some 18,500 data points — the index looks at both the quantity and quality of the data aid agencies are reporting.
It’s an attempt to hold donors accountable, and to encourage more organizations, governments, and individuals to use data to inform their work.