Development Co-operation Profiles
The OECD’s Development Co-operation Profiles compile and analyse verified statistics and trends on how development assistance is allocated geographically, to sectors, multilateral and civil society organisations, cross-cutting priorities such as gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and the environment and climate, and to mobilise private finance. The profiles cover official and philanthropic providers of aid, official development assistance (ODA) and development finance. These providers include members of the OECD and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), other countries and philanthropic foundations. The profiles also give an overview of key strategic and policy priorities for development co-operation, the institutional set-up and evaluation systems.
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Saudi Arabia
The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest provider of official development assistance (ODA) in the Gulf region in terms of volume with a strong commitment to being a global leader in sustainable development. Saudi Arabia held the presidency of the G20 in 2020 and advanced the financing for sustainable development agenda by promoting a voluntary, integrated Financing for Sustainable Development Framework to mobilise more financial resources and promoting development effectiveness and G20 co-operation, including on improving policy coherence. Saudi Arabia’s development co-operation is guided by its foreign policy and its principles to assist partner countries. Saudi Arabia provided USD 6.6 billion of ODA in 2022, representing 0.59% of gross national income (GNI). DAC members adopted the grant-equivalent methodology starting from their reporting of 2018 data as a more accurate way to count the donor effort in development loans. See the methodological notes for further details.