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In , Australia spent AUD billion across international investments

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Top 10 Countries spend

We live in an interconnected world, but what matters most to Australia’s future is our own region, the Indo-Pacific. These are the top 10 recipients of Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the financial year.

Top 10 Sector Groups spend

We are driving investments that reduce poverty, provide humanitarian relief, and deliver health, education, economic and social development. These are the top 10 sectors of Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the financial year.

Our key themes

Loreto Island, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands: An aerial view from a drone of Loreto Island, off the coast of Malaita, which is under threat from rising sea levels. Credit: Collin Leafasia/Oxfam

Climate action

Australia supports international cooperation on climate change action, including through integrating climate change across the development assistance program.

Climate action
Group of excited people in Indonesia, including those living with disabilities, outdoors, pumping their fists in the air. Credit: INKLUSI

Disability equity and rights

Australia is committed to advancing disability equity and rights, ensuring they remain an integral part of our international development program.

Disability equity and rights
A participant at the Australia Awards Women Leadership Initiative 2024. The 28 participants undertook a week-long leadership learning and reflection workshop in Tharwa, ACT. Credit: DFAT

Gender equality

Australia is committed to gender equality and the human rights of women and girls in all their diversity.

Gender equality
Australia’s urban search and rescue specialists providing support to Turkish authorities and communities following the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye in February 2023. Credit: DFAT/Nathan Fulton

Humanitarian action

Australia’s humanitarian action aims to save lives, alleviate suffering and build resilience.

Humanitarian action

Spend by DFAT Region 2023-24

Pacific1,855,700,000
Southeast and other Asia1,212,200,000
South and Central Asia317,300,000
Middle East and Africa262,600,000
Latin America and Caribbean1,200,000
Other regions 1,157,900,000

Sustainable Development Goals spend 2023-24

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) form a roadmap for global development efforts to 2030 and beyond. The Sustainable Development Goals, together with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (a global plan for financing the Goals) form the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. There are 169 targets within the Sustainable Development Goals and each goal has a set of indicators to help measure progress.

Spend over Financial Years

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All figures are in Australian Dollars.
Due to rounding, discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.