Norway is one of the world’s most generous donors, and each year it partners with both public and private organizations to distribute billions of dollars in aid. From 2017 to 2020, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation — also known as Norad — as well as the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the country’s other ministries and agencies, worked with over 1,500 organizations to deliver $17.5 billion in development aid across 17,872 activities.
The country’s top 10 aid partners received a total of $6.7 billion — or 38% of Norway's total disbursements across that period. Most of it was channeled through multilateral institutions, with UNICEF receiving $907 million for 172 activities, followed by the World Bank with $770 million for 116 activities. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance also saw significant funding, including $611 million in core contributions to the alliance, $69 million for the Polio Endgame Strategy, and $26 million for the international COVAX initiative.
While Norway’s aid is untied, its main nonprofit and private sector partners are Norwegian.