Top 10 Nations of Foreign Aid Recipients

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank, the top ten nations of foreign aid recipients are: Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Palestine administration, Vietnam, Sudan, Tanzania, India, Bangladesh, and Turkey. Since Afghanistan and Iraq are directly in a state of occupational war with the United States, and are subsequently provided with re-construction aid by the United States, this would make Ethiopia the highest non-war aid recipient country. Interestingly enough, economics Professor Dambisa Moyo states that 97 percent of the Ethiopian government's budget is attributed to foreign aid (2009, Moyo, Ferguson, p. 72).  Mayo believes this shows the Ethiopian governments, "lack of innovation." She goes on to add that "There is a lack of any effort being paid to try and wean the country off of aid." (April 13, 2009, Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo)

The following list is a chart of the top ten highest aid recipients. Click on the numbers to see the source of the statistics.

Rank	Country	Aid received for 2008
1	Iraq	9,870 Billion USD
2	Afghanistan	4,865 Billion USD
3	Ethiopia	3,327 Billion USD
4	Palestine**	2,593 Billion USD
5	Vietnam	2,552 Billion USD
6	Sudan	2,384 Billion USD
7	Tanzania	2,332 Billion USD
8	India	2,108 Billion USD
9	Bangladesh	2,061 Billion USD
10	Turkey	2,024 Billion USD

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and development
**Palestine is just an administration. It's not an officially recognized state by the UN.

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