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WHO WILL PAY?
Often a solution to a world problem comes down to who is going to pay for the solution. Hence, it is important to have a sense for who is doing what already. Following are 4 charts to that effect. All lists include only top donors. All the information on this page comes from either the World Almanac (USA), Human Development Report (UNDP) or Basic Facts about the UN (USA)
A) PERCENT OF THE UN BUDGET PAID BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES
(determined by GNP) (1998 figures)
| 25.0 % USA | 2.9 % Russia approx |
| 18.0 % Japan | 2.6 % Spain |
| 9.6 % Germany | 1.7 % Ukraine |
| 6.5 % France | 1.6 % Netherlands |
| 5.4 % Italy | 1.5 % Brazil |
| 5.1 % UK | 1.5 % Australia |
| 15.8 % the total of the other 175 countries added together |
B) OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GNP (1996)
This figure shows the percentage of their wealth which they contribute to aiding poor countries
| 1.04 % Denmark | 0.44 % Luxembourg | 0.31 % Ireland |
| 0.85 % Norway | 0.34 % Finland,Belgium | 0.30 % Australia |
| 0.84 % Sweden | 0.34 % Switzerland | 0.22 % Spain |
| 0.81 % Netherlands | 0.33 % Germany | 0.20 % Italy, Japan |
| 0.48 % France | 0.32 % Canada | 0.12 % USA |
C) PER CAPITA GOVERNMENTAL AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (1993 dollars)
(For example, the Norwegian government gives $281 in development aid to poor countries for each Norwegian in the country. The US government gives an average of $41 per American to developing countries)
| $335 Netherlands | $165 Belgium | $96 Canada |
| 333 UAE | 163 Finland | 86 Japan |
| 281 Norway | 142 Switzerland | 67 Austria |
| 267 Sweden | 126 Italy | 59 Australia |
| 262 France | 110 UK | 44 S. Arabia |
| 242 Denmark | 103 Kuwait | 44 USA |
| 171 Germany | 98 Luxembourg | 44 Portugal |
D) PER CAPITA PRIVATE VOLUNTARY AID PER COUNTRY (1990 dollars)
(For example, the average Swedish citizen gives $14 per year in voluntary aid to help the developing world - poor world.
Therefore, a Swedish family of 5 would contribute $70)
| $14 Sweden | 8 Canada | 3 Austalia |
| 13 Switzerland | 6 Ireland | 2 France |
| 13 Norway | 4 UK | 2 New Zealand |
| 12 Netherlands | $4 Denmark | 1 Belgium |
| 11 W. Germany | 3 Finland | 1 Japan |
| 9 USA | 3 Austria | 1 Italy |