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This list is updated every three years and is based upon per capita income.\n\nOECD statistics are the only source of official, verified and comparable data on aid reported by 30 members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and about 80 other providers of development cooperation, including other countries, multilateral organizations and private foundations.\n\nFor private philantropies and charities, the OECD DAC statistics include project-level information from 33 of the largest foundations working for development. These foundations report data on their grant making and programme-related investments (PRIs) for development following the same statistical standards and definitions as ODA.\n\nIn our calculations [2] we have imported the data on aid by different sectors (DAC & NON-DAC countries, private donors, charities & philanthropies) and total aid by recipient\u002Fdestination. We then compiled aid given to the least developed countries and calculated the share of charities and philanthropies as a percentage of total aid.  \n\nIt is more difficult to track private aid than it is for aid supplied by governmental agencies, and this data only looks at the largest 33 private aid givers, so it is likely that not all private aid is accounted for in this data. \nDespite these issues, four independent experts we consulted on this question agreed that this OECD data was the best available.\n\n[1]  [OECD](https:\u002F\u002Fstats.oecd.org\u002FIndex.aspx?DataSetCode=DV_DCD_PPFD#) \n\n[2]  [Gapminder calculations using data from OECD](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1NHGdIPHK3yNrpOPHsjfrWBjgXHgERYQwYgWSLKgn9w8\u002Fedit#gid=1523503229)","While charity and philanthropy are important for development in poor countries, they play a much smaller role than most people imagine, and make up around 5% of all the total aid received by the least developed countries. The rest comes from governmental aid from other countries. Generous donations from private individuals rightly get publicity, but foreign aid from rich countries plays a critical role in developing things such as infrastructure, healthcare and education in poor countries.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf people assume that a large share of the financial aid poor countries receive comes from charities and private philanthropists then they probably assume that governments of rich countries aren't sending much financial aid at all. So they are probably unaware of the huge role that financial aid from other countries has played and continues to play in building and improving infrastructure and basic services in poor countries.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this? \nWhen we see extensive coverage of individuals and foundations and their private philanthropy work it is easy to think this accounts for far more development aid than it does in reality.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, you can. But it is important to recognize that it may not tell the entire story. The data we use comes from the OECD which shows aid reported by 30 members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee and about 80 other providers of development cooperation, including other countries, multilateral organizations and private foundations. \nIt is more difficult to track private aid than it is for aid supplied by governmental agencies, and this data only looks at the largest 33 private aid givers, so it is likely that not all private aid is accounted for in this data. \nDespite these issues, four independent experts we consulted on this question agreed that this OECD data was the best available.\n","Almost all aid comes from tax","We hear a lot about charities and it's easy to get the impression that their contribution to the poorest countries is much more than 5%."]