MOFA: [Sectoral Development Policy] Good Governance: Statistics

Last Updated: November 19, 2007

International Comparison (Calendar Year)

- ODA Commitments of Major Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Countries: Top Six Countries: 2003-2005*

Country	2003	2004	2005	Total	%
United States	1953	5009	4745	11708	49%
United Kingdom	568	715	1365	2648	11%
Germany	392	422	531	1344	6%
Australia	320	468	403	1191	5%
Sweden	261	304	571	1136	5%
The Netherlands	393	332	360	1085	4%
Other Countries	1455	1632	1932	5019	21%
Total	5341	8883	9908	24133	100%

Unit: US$1 million (based on commitments)
Source: OECD/DAC-CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)
* Based on annual totals

- Trends in ODA Commitments of Major DAC Countries: 2003-2005*

Source: OECD/DAC-CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)
* Based on annual totals

- ODA Commitments Ratio of Major DAC Countries: 2003-2005*

Source: OECD/DAC-CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)
* Based on annual totals

- ODA Commitments Volume and Ratio of Major DAC Countries: 2003-2005*

Source: OECD/DAC·CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)

Country	Commitments	% out of Total ODA Commitments
Australia	1191	25.7%
Austria	112	3.8%
Belgium	368	6.1%
Canada	976	10.5%
Denmark	489	7.5%
Finland	255	9.7%
France	267	0.8%
Germany	1344	4.4%
Greece	167	15.7%
Ireland	196	10.7%
Italy	78	0.6%
Japan	409	0.8%
Luxembourg	8	1.1%
The Netherlands	1085	10.6%
New Zealand	83	10.4%
Norway	855	12.3%
Portugal	98	5.6%
Spain	291	3.5%
Sweden	1136	12.8%
Switzerland	367	7.6%
United Kingdom	2648	10.2%
United States	11708	15.0%
Total	24133	7.8%

Unit: US$1 million (based on commitments)

* Based on annual totals
Source: OECD/DAC-CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)

- Japan's ODA Commitments by Region: 2003-2005*

Region	Commitments	Subregion	Commitments
Asia	247	Far East Asia	150
		South and Central Asia	74
		Middle East	13
		Asia Regional/Multicountry	11
Africa	69	South of Sahara	54
		North of Sahara	15
		Africa Regional/Multicountry	1
America	49	South America	26
		North and Central America	24
		America Regional/Multicountry	0
Europe	14
Oceania	11
Other	18
Total	409

Unit: US$1 million (based on commitments)
* Based on annual totals

Note:	1)	Commitments exclude aid to Eastern Europe and graduated countries.
	2)	"Other" includes regions unspecified.
	3)	Regions are categorized based on the categorization used for DAC statistics. "Far East Asia" also includes Southeast Asia.

Source: OECD/DAC-CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)

- Japan's ODA Commitments by Category: 2003-2005*

- Japan's ODA Commitments by Category (Government and Civil Society): 2003-2005*

Category	Commitments
Economic and Development Policy/Planning	192
Government Administration	170
Legal and Judicial Development	6
Public Sector Financial Management	3
Free Flow of Information	1
Women' s Equality Organizations and Institutions	1
Total	372

Unit: US$1 million (based on commitments)

- Japan's ODA Commitments by Category (Related to Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Peace and Security): 2003-2005*

Category	Commitments
Land Mine Clearance	22.5
Reintegration and SALW Control	10.7
Civilian Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention and Resolution	3.4
Post-conflict Peacebuilding (UN**)	0.1
Total	36.7

Unit: US$1 million (based on commitments)

Source: OECD/DAC·CRS Online Database (as of March 2007)
* Based on annual totals
** Assistance to cover the budget for UN's peacekeeping activities is not included in ODA.
** Contributions to UN peacekeeping operations are not included in ODA.

Note:	1)	Commitments include grant aid, Japanese ODA loan, and technical cooperation.
	2)	Japan has been reporting its commitments for Technical Cooperation to DAC since 2003.
	3)	Total may not add up due to rounding off.

Photo from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Handbook (MOFA, 2005)

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