Official Development Assistance in 2023

The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) defines official development assistance (ODA) as “government aid that promotes and specifically targets the economic development and welfare of developing countries”.

In 2023, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade managed 82.21% of ODA, i.e. EUR 441.05 million (of which EUR 431.77 million was managed by the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs).

The table "breakdown of gross ODA" gives the distribution by type of cooperation of all Luxembourg’s 2023 ODA expenditure, following the rules of the DAC.

The table "ODA by sector" gives the breakdown by sector of all Luxembourg ODA expenditure in 2023.

Established by the amended law of 6 January 1996 on development cooperation and humanitarian action, the Development Cooperation Fund (DCF) is an instrument enabling the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to carry out development programmes and projects extending over several years.

As the graph shows, Luxembourg’s official development assistance initially grew slowly but steadily.