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Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970

1970, as OECD Development Assistance Committee’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970 covers 97 countries. Papua New Guinea is highest, at 23.5933; Argentina is lowest, at -0.0080. The middle country reads 2.1426. Against 1969, 89 values changed (37 up, 52 down), 8 countries joined.

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Net Official Development Assistance Received · Data for 1970

HighestPapua New Guinea

23.5933

LowestArgentina

-0.0080

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970, as published. OECD Development Assistance Committee ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970: every country, as published by OECD Development Assistance Committee.
derived
1Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia23.5933
2SeychellesSYCEastern Africa21.8954
3BotswanaBWASouthern Africa14.1055
4SurinameSURSouth America12.1962
5JordanJORWestern Asia12.1650
6BelizeBLZCentral America11.5310
7LesothoLSOSouthern Africa10.9968
8RwandaRWAEastern Africa9.8818
9SomaliaSOMEastern Africa8.5438
10TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa8.1764
11French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia7.7824
12GabonGABMiddle Africa7.7354
13Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa7.6773
14BurundiBDIEastern Africa7.5101
15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe7.2440
16GuyanaGUYSouth America6.8870
17New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia6.3737
18MaliMLIWestern Africa6.2379
19EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa6.1576
20CameroonCMRMiddle Africa5.8280
21Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa5.7391
22IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5.1517
23NigerNERWestern Africa4.8642
24Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa4.7971
25TogoTGOWestern Africa4.7859

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Papua New Guinea23.5933
  2. 2Seychelles21.8954
  3. 3Botswana14.1055
  4. 4Suriname12.1962
  5. 5Jordan12.1650

Lowest

  1. 97Argentina-0.0080
  2. 96Kuwait0.0147
  3. 95Bahamas0.0157
  4. 94Qatar0.0208
  5. 93Cuba0.0326

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.1426. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −0countries joined / left
  • 89values changed, of 89 in both
  • 37 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Bhutan+ Cuba+ Guinea+ Maldives+ Malta+ Qatar+ Samoa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from OECD Development Assistance Committee’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.

  • The position is ours

    OECD Development Assistance Committee publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 97 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

OECD Development Assistance Committee (1970). Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/oda-received/1970

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07Questions

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest development aid received in Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970?

Papua New Guinea, at 23.5933, of the 97 countries in the file.

What year does Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970 cover?

97.

Where can I download Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1970 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Net Official Development Assistance Received, 2023.

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