As part of its
foreign policy mission the United States provide assistance to foreign
countries under various programs.
The graphic below provides a high level
overview of numbers for a selected keyword driven programs, from 2002 to 2012.
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US Foreign Assistance Detailed Data 2002 - 2012 |
For extended data details: US Foreign Assistance Detailed Data 2002 - 2012
1- US Forein assistance to rich countries
It will come as a surprise to many that the US also extends its generosity to many rich countries, to a considerable level.
The chart below shows that, Japan for instance benefited from a large combined assistance of $188,850,384 in 2011, the year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
For detailed data: US Foreign Assistance to some rich countries - 2002/2012
2- US Forein assistance to Africa
US assistance is unevenly spread across Africa, the poorest continent.
Egypt is among the country receiving most of the money about 3 billion dollars per year since 2002. Assistance to Egypt almost reaches 5 billion dollar in 2002. Kenya has received an average of 1.3 billion dollar since 2007 making it one of the consistent largest beneficiaries of US assistance.
The smallest recipient of US assistance received an average of 25 million dollars a year. Cameroon is one of those countries symbolizing the disparity in us assistance. Despite being a poor country with a low GDP (1316 dollar in 2010) and high unemployment (about 30%), Cameroon have received its highest assistance in 2012 with a little over 63 million dollar.
For detailed data: US Foreign Assistance Detailed Data to Africa 2000-2012
1- US Forein assistance to rich countries
It will come as a surprise to many that the US also extends its generosity to many rich countries, to a considerable level.
The chart below shows that, Japan for instance benefited from a large combined assistance of $188,850,384 in 2011, the year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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US Assistance to rich countries |
2- US Forein assistance to Africa
US assistance is unevenly spread across Africa, the poorest continent.
Egypt is among the country receiving most of the money about 3 billion dollars per year since 2002. Assistance to Egypt almost reaches 5 billion dollar in 2002. Kenya has received an average of 1.3 billion dollar since 2007 making it one of the consistent largest beneficiaries of US assistance.
The smallest recipient of US assistance received an average of 25 million dollars a year. Cameroon is one of those countries symbolizing the disparity in us assistance. Despite being a poor country with a low GDP (1316 dollar in 2010) and high unemployment (about 30%), Cameroon have received its highest assistance in 2012 with a little over 63 million dollar.
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US Assistance to rich Africa |
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