Unites States foreign aid or USAID is the aid in the form of money or any resource given to different countries of the world in order to maintain and support the global peace security, provide an amount for the citizens during the crisis, and enhance the development of the country. The infographic reveals where exactly and how much of the US foreign aid is going.
According to the chart, most of the aid is received by Afghanistan and the Middle East (as per the reports of 2019). The largest recipient is Central Asia's country, which gets nearly $5 billion in aid, which, however, is down from around $6 billion in 2018. Furthermore, the total aid payments have seen a downfall as well, from $52.5 billion in 2016 to $47.2 billion in 2019.
The Department of Defense and the US Army provides military aid, which sums up for a quarter of the country's total aid. The countries resting at the top of the list receive a relatively larger share of military aid.
Israel is the second-largest recipient of US Aid, followed by Jordon on the third; aid for both countries has slightly spiked in 2019. However, Iraq on fifth got comparatively reduced aid in 2019 ($1 billion) than in 2017 ($3.7 billion).
Other countries down the top ten biggest recipients are from the South African continent that is getting a hefty amount of US aid. For example, the largest aid receiver of the continent is Ethiopia, and the second-largest is Nigeria; the countries received $900 and $800 respectively in 2019.
Infographic by: Statista.com
