Total official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors, gross disbursement, by recipient countries (millions of constant 2024 United States dollars) by country
Countries reporting
133
Highest
683.14
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0108
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
11.62
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,294
What the numbers show
Total official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors, gross disbursement, by recipient countries (millions of constant 2024 United States dollars) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 683.14 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0108 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.62, and the mean is 57.54.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 63,154.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Cook Islands (up 97,346.2%), and the largest decrease in Montserrat (down 98.9%).
Total official development assistance to medical research and basic: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 683.14 | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 436.12 | 2024 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 379.49 | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 273.6 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 271.62 | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Uganda | 249.62 | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 249.47 | 2024 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Yemen | 241.21 | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Niger | 237.81 | 2024 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Mozambique | 233.43 | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 11 | India | 232.35 | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 209.63 | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Türkiye | 150.89 | 2024 | up 5,693.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 197.45 | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ghana | 182.83 | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Indonesia | 180.39 | 2024 | up 103.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 175.52 | 2024 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 169.95 | 2024 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Zambia | 134.46 | 2024 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mali | 130.64 | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Chad | 127.96 | 2024 | up 163.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Guinea | 113.95 | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Somalia | 109.53 | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Cameroon | 107.08 | 2024 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 105.89 | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 98.22 | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 88.78 | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Burundi | 88.34 | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Lebanon | 86.77 | 2024 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Senegal | 86.1 | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 79.76 | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 31 | South Sudan | 69.72 | 2024 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 32 | Liberia | 68.63 | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 67.87 | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Philippines | 66.9 | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Jordan | 66.54 | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Cambodia | 59.09 | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 58.45 | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 57.01 | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Haiti | 56.75 | 2024 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Togo | 55.61 | 2024 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 53.76 | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 47.7 | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 42.87 | 2024 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 42.62 | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 41.24 | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Gambia | 39.76 | 2024 | up 80.2% | volatile |
| 47 | China | 34.61 | 2024 | down 60.6% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 33.68 | 2024 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 49 | Congo | 33.16 | 2024 | up 395.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Egypt | 32.59 | 2024 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Serbia | 27.06 | 2024 | up 1,089.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Honduras | 26.15 | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 25.74 | 2024 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 25.56 | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Mauritania | 24.53 | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Comoros | 24.53 | 2024 | up 405.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 22.99 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.82 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.58 | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Kiribati | 13.96 | 2024 | up 1,463.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 13.45 | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Lesotho | 13.04 | 2024 | up 215.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.81 | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 12.8 | 2024 | up 434.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 12.79 | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Mongolia | 11.62 | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Eritrea | 11.29 | 2024 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 68 | Cuba | 11.16 | 2024 | up 215.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Libya | 10.8 | 2024 | up 10,990.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 10.28 | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 9.53 | 2024 | up 325.4% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 9.46 | 2024 | up 251.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 8.96 | 2024 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Vanuatu | 8.73 | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 7.83 | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 7.64 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritius | 7.17 | 2024 | up 7,234.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Jamaica | 6.78 | 2024 | up 7,256.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Iraq | 6.35 | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Djibouti | 6.23 | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Thailand | 5.38 | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.36 | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 4.87 | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 4.19 | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Kosovo | 4.1 | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Samoa | 3.51 | 2024 | up 232.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Eswatini | 3.26 | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Albania | 3.25 | 2024 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Brazil | 3.23 | 2024 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 2.88 | 2024 | up 415.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 2.78 | 2024 | up 257.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 2.69 | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 2.57 | 2024 | up 282.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 2.4 | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Armenia | 2.38 | 2024 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Tonga | 2.34 | 2024 | up 260.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 2.23 | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Mayotte | 2.13 | 2010 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Suriname | 2.1 | 2024 | up 159.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 2 | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 1.98 | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 1.73 | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Malaysia | 1.67 | 2024 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Maldives | 1.64 | 2024 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Montenegro | 1.64 | 2024 | up 739.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Algeria | 1.58 | 2024 | up 729.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 1.55 | 2024 | up 1,544.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Mexico | 1.53 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Guyana | 1.1 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Palau | 1.06 | 2024 | up 3,543.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 0.9951 | 2024 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.9477 | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Marshall Islands | 0.8762 | 2024 | up 516.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Chile | 0.7536 | 2017 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 0.6978 | 2024 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Helena | 0.6058 | 2024 | up 334.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Grenada | 0.5571 | 2024 | up 1,845.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Belize | 0.4871 | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Naoero | 0.3328 | 2024 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Cook Islands | 0.2173 | 2019 | up 97,346.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Uruguay | 0.2084 | 2017 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Niue | 0.1869 | 2024 | up 1,102.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Dominica | 0.1717 | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Botswana | 0.1587 | 2024 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1512 | 2021 | up 3,003.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Belarus | 0.1274 | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Tokelau | 0.123 | 2024 | up 616.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Croatia | 0.0899 | 2010 | up 296.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0651 | 2010 | up 1,977.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Seychelles | 0.0207 | 2017 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Montserrat | 0.0108 | 2024 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0108 | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Developing regions 12,342
- Africa 5,948
- Sub-Saharan Africa 5,714
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 5,326
- ODA residual 3,226
- Eastern Africa 2,433
- Asia 2,684
- Western Africa 2,214
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2,603
- Southern Asia 1,210
- Middle Africa 1,007
- Western Asia 781.02
- Southern Asia (excluding India) 977.9
- South-Eastern Asia 530.79
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 618.48
- Latin America and the Caribbean 272.43
- United Republic of Tanzania 278.94
- Northern Africa 234.21
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 270.19
- Côte d'Ivoire 183.8
- State of Palestine 152.02
- Central Asia 109.64
- Central America 108.5
- Caucasus and Central Asia 118.87
- Oceania 106.24
- Europe 105.45
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 105.45
- South America 83.21
- Melanesia 78.84
- Caribbean 80.72
- Syrian Arab Republic 68.02
- Southern Africa 59.71
- Viet Nam 46.3
- Eastern Europe 54.03
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.21
- Eastern Asia 52.09
- Timor-Leste 22.97
- Southern Europe 51.42
- Micronesia 18.77
- Eastern Asia (excluding Japan and China) 17.47