Changes to Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2023

ODA data are published by the OECD twice a year, in spring (preliminary report) and autumn (final report). The preliminary report provides an overview of ODA, excluding information on sectors of intervention and geographical location. The final report presents the final data and includes a detailed breakdown by sector and by country.

In 2023, Luxembourg’s ODA amounted to EUR 536.47 million, 0.99% of gross national income (GNI). In real terms, taking inflation into account, Luxembourg’s ODA fell by 1.8% compared to 2022, but in absolute terms it increased by 6.5% compared to 2022. Luxembourg is therefore still one of the small number of OECD members — alongside Norway (1.09%), Sweden (0.91%), Germany (0.79%) and Denmark (0.74%) — to have maintained its ODA at 0.7% of GNI or above. In absolute terms, the US remains the most generous donor, followed by Germany, the European Union, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Internationally, official development assistance rose to an unprecedented level of USD 223.7 billion in 2023, an increase of 1.8% in real terms compared to 2022. That represents 0.37% of the combined GNI of the members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee and is the highest level ever achieved. The increase in global official aid in recent years is largely due to spending linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, aid to Ukraine and aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.