Charting America's $3.75 Trillion in Foreign Aid
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The US has given out over $3.75 trillion in foreign aid (adjusted for inflation) since the end of World War II.
US foreign aid has varied over time due to various geopolitical circumstances, economic conditions, and national priorities. At its height in 1949, US foreign aid totaled nearly $100 billion, while it bottomed out at just under $25 billion in 1997, both after adjusting for inflation.
Between 1946 and 2021, the US has spent an average of $49.4 billion each year.
Dataset
Year | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Economic | 47197371689 | 86206266632 | 34668420881 | 96134236700 | 58019799681 | 38576151005 | 26187747294 | 24196841427 | 25686041236 | 26021027077 | 26376606848 | 29943334477 | 24622824256 | 27807872576 | 29031165020 | 32472316069 | 42652883843 | 41198453247 | 37873598818 | 37807246053 | 42786605479 | 34236923514 | 34311962509 | 28040989229 | 27613385781 | 24663350365 | 27349179472 | 27212384451 | 23457935151 | 26655871117 | 29736930231 | 26983392451 | 30013973938 | 29081747905 | 27230114500 | 23611675536 | 24483532680 | 25053563544 | 25284689464 | 33258432788 | 28430740045 | 24845356703 | 22460437542 | 23513314582 | 24689408150 | 25748949119 | 23244210004 | 23645048250 | 22869558286 | 21411135457 | 17983612600 | 17142227998 | 19005418307 | 24355024555 | 20146984003 | 19035671336 | 22792918473 | 29371095352 | 39721689865 | 39226248495 | 34926130321 | 36068627474 | 40615551896 | 42833777677 | 44326833267 | 39275135148 | 40480325139 | 39601350054 | 39667429692 | 42412834188 | 41756650876 | 41765847811 | 38055443291 | 38697831382 | 44333099424 | 49585048215 |
Military | 0 | 2192845875 | 3809684663 | 3620925449 | 14168443774 | 47122311452 | 47887774168 | 29450233743 | 25326051140 | 18050439244 | 25250524758 | 20323932108 | 15601585820 | 22478350924 | 21907539639 | 20372757457 | 19685179274 | 18999232821 | 11099624960 | 11916087053 | 18971231233 | 20811077432 | 22233380234 | 24789647156 | 21316184905 | 31182003562 | 35020467844 | 35116187765 | 27465624082 | 10813177048 | 19452828075 | 10428341676 | 10539509135 | 27437598407 | 7587163708 | 10434108804 | 12194697111 | 15244052464 | 16298760667 | 15594589338 | 13218695305 | 10671957341 | 11872471711 | 10387744400 | 11086838793 | 10345800755 | 9245441271 | 9539307785 | 8788324697 | 8152427265 | 8744902190 | 7906053954 | 7436022445 | 7490824082 | 8676388794 | 7119707769 | 7865837338 | 16918218533 | 10295586595 | 13486680672 | 18483558162 | 19578642848 | 22078666937 | 19921890613 | 19659661853 | 24071892515 | 22487395571 | 17106564473 | 13498739886 | 18348148677 | 17838589012 | 15041039186 | 16891668520 | 15927986516 | 12981155594 | 550699479.2 |
Data sources
The data from 2021 is still subject to specific updates and may not be complete at this time. Data for 1976 contains an extra quarter of foreign aid from July 1 to September 30 due to the change in the US government’s fiscal year which occurred. Inflation adjusted to 2022 dollars.