Official development assistance (ODA) for medical research and basic health sectors per capita, by recipient country

Published: May 2017

The Official development assistance (ODA) data are collected from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and are reported below for the year 2014 in US$ (not all countries have reported data on this indicator).

See also:

Official development assistance (ODA) for medical research and basic health sectors as a % of gross national income (GNI) and as a % of all ODA

What you see | Data sources | Current version

What you see

The data visualization compares 2014 ODA per capita in US$ by recipient country (bottom). Regional weighted averages are provided by WHO region and country income groups (top charts).

Points to note:
  • Weighted averages of ODA per capita are derived from 137 ODA recipients countries for which data are available. Due the missing observations, caution is needed in interpreting the numbers.
  • Africa (top left) and countries in the low income group (top right) received the biggest average ODA per capita (4.5 US$ and 6.0 US$, respectively) compared to the other regions and income groups.
  • Liberia, an African low income country received the highest ODA per capita among any other country (bottom chart) and almost five times more (29.1 US$) the weighted average for this income group (6.0 US$).

To explore by country estimates (bottom chart) and differences with income group weighted averages (the income group weighted average is symbolized by vertical dashed line):

  • Select an income group in the top right chart to compare countries according to this category. For example:
    -- Selecting only the low income group in the top right chart shows in the bottom chart that while Liberia received almost five times more (29.1 US$) ODA per capita than the weighted average for this income group; Democratic People Republic of Korea, at the bottom of the list, received 5 times less than the weighted average with 1.1 US$.
    -- Selecting only the upper middle income in the top right chart shows that Fiji, the country with the highest ODA per capita in this group, received 70 times (12.0 US$) the weighted average (0.2 US$) ODA per capita.
  • Hover the cursor above the middle of the top bar until a small “sort” icon appear to sort data by ODA per capita, and above “Country” title to sort data per recipient country (bottom chart).
  • Undo the selection by clicking ‘undo’ or ‘reset’ near the bottom of the page or by clicking the same element again.