Ten donor countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) cut foreign aid by 23.1%, or $49 billion, in 2025, with the United States making the deepest reductions, data from Our World in Data show.
The donors’ combined contribution to international development goals fell to $163 billion from $212 billion in 2024. Aid as a share of their gross national income (GNI) dropped from 0.37% to 0.25%. Eight of the 10 donors gave less. Only Sweden and Italy bucked the trend.
The United States cut aid most sharply in both dollar terms and as a share of GNI. Its aid fell from 0.23% to 0.1% of GNI, and the amount declined 2.3-fold, from $65.3 billion in 2024 to $28.3 billion in 2025.
Aid to Central Asia also fell. Total U.S. foreign aid to Central Asian countries in 2025 was nearly three times lower than in 2024, at $94.1 million versus $272 million.
Uzbekistan received $19.9 million directly from the United States last year, 4.3 times less than in 2024. The main factor was the closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Uzbekistan received about $2.6 billion in foreign aid in 2024, 2.1 times less than in 2023. That was still the largest amount among Central Asian countries.
