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Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972

1972, as OECD Development Assistance Committee’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972 covers 98 countries. Solomon Islands is highest, at 45.32969; Argentina is lowest, at 0.00553. The middle country reads 2.29660. Against 1971, 97 values changed (41 up, 56 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Net Official Development Assistance Received · Data for 1972

HighestSolomon Islands

45.32969

LowestArgentina

0.00553

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, 1972, 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 98 countries · select a heading to sort

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972: every country, as published by OECD Development Assistance Committee.
derived
1Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia45.32969
2SeychellesSYCEastern Africa28.55951
3Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia23.79027
4BotswanaBWASouthern Africa19.09966
5SurinameSURSouth America14.31883
6JordanJORWestern Asia13.66194
7LesothoLSOSouthern Africa12.83372
8RwandaRWAEastern Africa12.20403
9Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa11.23761
10BurundiBDIEastern Africa10.94276
11New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.84432
12GambiaGMBWestern Africa8.48084
13French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia8.42132
14MaliMLIWestern Africa7.78279
15SomaliaSOMEastern Africa7.11585
16MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia6.70631
17GabonGABMiddle Africa6.67264
18EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa6.61620
19BelizeBLZCentral America6.35868
20Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa5.94500
21NigerNERWestern Africa5.82990
22Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa5.71272
23TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa5.24259
24ChadTCDMiddle Africa5.22506
25BeninBENWestern Africa4.90898

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Solomon Islands45.32969
  2. 2Seychelles28.55951
  3. 3Papua New Guinea23.79027
  4. 4Botswana19.09966
  5. 5Suriname14.31883

Lowest

  1. 98Argentina0.00553
  2. 97Kuwait0.01761
  3. 96Saudi Arabia0.02321
  4. 95Zimbabwe0.03384
  5. 94Qatar0.04471

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.29660. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 97values changed, of 97 in both
  • 41 · 56rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Seychelles35.38317 → 28.55951−6.82366
  • Lesotho16.88197 → 12.83372−4.04825
  • Benin8.72969 → 4.90898−3.82072
  • Belize8.92234 → 6.35868−2.56367
  • Somalia9.23333 → 7.11585−2.11748
+ Solomon Islands− Guinea-Bissau

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 1972.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 98 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 (1972). Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/oda-received/1972

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07Questions

Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest development aid received in Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972?

Solomon Islands, at 45.32969, of the 98 countries in the file.

What year does Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972 cover?

98.

Where can I download Net Official Development Assistance Received, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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