Money · Facts & sources
4 sourced facts about foreign aid (international development assistance), each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout 1.17%
Polls consistently show Americans believe foreign aid is a much bigger slice of the budget than it really is.
Source: Wikipedia, United States foreign aid (2023) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 25% (guessed)
The actual figure is roughly 1%, showing just how large the public's misperception of foreign aid spending really is.
Source: Wikipedia, United States foreign aid (citing WorldPublicOpinion.org poll) (2010) en.wikipedia.org
Answer6 countries
Sweden and the Netherlands were the first to hit the target, back in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia, Official development assistance (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout $328 billion vs. official aid
Money sent home by migrant workers dwarfs official aid budgets - a fact often missing from aid debates.
Source: Wikipedia, Aid (2008) en.wikipedia.org