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US aid to Pakistan

What the United States has committed and paid out in assistance to Pakistan, year by year since the official record begins, by sector, by agency and by activity.

Latest fiscal year: FY2026 · checked

FY1948–FY2026 · constant dollars

The river of aid

Each year the river is as wide as the aid the United States committed to Pakistan; the deep channel inside it is what was actually paid out. Buoys mark moments from The Long Arc.

The alliance eraStrains and embargoesThe Afghan decadeThe sanctions yearsThe post-9/11 partnershipRecalibrationA new agendaFY1948: obligations $1.1 million, no disbursements figureFY1949: no obligations figure, no disbursements figureFY1950: no obligations figure, no disbursements figureFY1951: obligations $4.1 million, no disbursements figureFY1952: obligations $104 million, no disbursements figureFY1953: obligations $1.05 billion, no disbursements figureFY1954: obligations $220 million, no disbursements figureFY1955: obligations $1.4 billion, no disbursements figureFY1956: obligations $3.02 billion, no disbursements figureFY1957: obligations $2.13 billion, no disbursements figureFY1958: obligations $2.11 billion, no disbursements figureFY1959: obligations $2.43 billion, no disbursements figureFY1960: obligations $2.69 billion, no disbursements figureFY1961: obligations $1.75 billion, no disbursements figureFY1962: obligations $4.05 billion, no disbursements figureFY1963: obligations $3.31 billion, no disbursements figureFY1964: obligations $3.38 billion, no disbursements figureFY1965: obligations $2.82 billion, no disbursements figureFY1966: obligations $1.16 billion, no disbursements figureFY1967: obligations $1.74 billion, no disbursements figureFY1968: obligations $2.15 billion, no disbursements figureFY1969: obligations $763 million, no disbursements figureFY1970: obligations $1.36 billion, no disbursements figureFY1971: obligations $668 million, no disbursements figureFY1972: obligations $975 million, no disbursements figureFY1973: obligations $1.01 billion, no disbursements figureFY1974: obligations $539 million, no disbursements figureFY1975: obligations $867 million, no disbursements figureFY1976: obligations $911 million, no disbursements figureFY1977: obligations $453 million, no disbursements figureFY1978: obligations $306 million, no disbursements figureFY1979: obligations $184 million, no disbursements figureFY1980: obligations $195 million, no disbursements figureFY1981: obligations $233 million, no disbursements figureFY1982: obligations $569 million, no disbursements figureFY1983: obligations $1.46 billion, no disbursements figureFY1984: obligations $1.59 billion, no disbursements figureFY1985: obligations $1.69 billion, no disbursements figureFY1986: obligations $1.66 billion, no disbursements figureFY1987: obligations $1.61 billion, no disbursements figureFY1988: obligations $1.71 billion, no disbursements figureFY1989: obligations $1.32 billion, no disbursements figureFY1990: obligations $1.18 billion, no disbursements figureFY1991: obligations $213 million, no disbursements figureFY1992: obligations $43.9 million, no disbursements figureFY1993: obligations $106 million, no disbursements figureFY1994: obligations $97.3 million, no disbursements figureFY1995: obligations $32.9 million, no disbursements figureFY1996: obligations $32.4 million, no disbursements figureFY1997: obligations $81.4 million, no disbursements figureFY1998: obligations $51.7 million, no disbursements figureFY1999: obligations $151 million, no disbursements figureFY2000: obligations $42.1 million, no disbursements figureFY2001: obligations $303 million, disbursements $159 millionFY2002: obligations $1.41 billion, disbursements $1.36 billionFY2003: obligations $940 million, disbursements $897 millionFY2004: obligations $654 million, disbursements $565 millionFY2005: obligations $1.13 billion, disbursements $996 millionFY2006: obligations $1.36 billion, disbursements $1.25 billionFY2007: obligations $1.23 billion, disbursements $1.12 billionFY2008: obligations $1.27 billion, disbursements $1.03 billionFY2009: obligations $1.7 billion, disbursements $1.39 billionFY2010: obligations $3.83 billion, disbursements $2.77 billionFY2011: obligations $2.74 billion, disbursements $2.98 billionFY2012: obligations $1.71 billion, disbursements $1.06 billionFY2013: obligations $1.1 billion, disbursements $1.02 billionFY2014: obligations $1.32 billion, disbursements $1.29 billionFY2015: obligations $1.53 billion, disbursements $1.51 billionFY2016: obligations $1.04 billion, disbursements $1.32 billionFY2017: obligations $1.08 billion, disbursements $1.16 billionFY2018: obligations $551 million, disbursements $622 millionFY2019: obligations $846 million, disbursements $947 millionFY2020: obligations $244 million, disbursements $457 millionFY2021: obligations $222 million, disbursements $301 millionFY2022: obligations $210 million, disbursements $256 millionFY2023: obligations $179 million, disbursements $294 millionFY2024: obligations $174 million, disbursements $250 millionFY2025: obligations $196 million, disbursements $106 millionFY2026: obligations $1.3 million, disbursements $13.8 millionMay 1948: Kashmir goes to the UN, with America on the commissionMay 1950: Liaquat Ali Khan's American tourJune 1953: A million tons of wheat against famineDecember 1953: Dulles and Nixon come callingFebruary 1954: Eisenhower decides to arm PakistanMay 1954: The alliance is signed in KarachiSeptember 1954: Pakistan signs the Manila PactSeptember 1955: Pakistan joins the Baghdad PactOctober 1958: Martial law, and Ayub Khan takes powerMarch 1959: A bilateral pledge signed in AnkaraJuly 1959: A secret listening post at BadaberMay 1960: The U-2 that flew from PeshawarJuly 1961: Dinner at Mount VernonNovember 1962: American arms for India shake the allianceSeptember 1965: War with India, and an American embargoJanuary 1966: Peace made in Tashkent, not WashingtonAugust 1969: Nixon in Lahore asks for a message to BeijingOctober 1970: Yahya at the White House: a message for Zhou EnlaiJuly 1971: Kissinger's secret flight from Pakistan to BeijingDecember 1971: 1971: civil war, war with India, and the birth of BangladeshMay 1974: India's nuclear test changes the agendaFebruary 1975: Ford lifts the ten-year arms embargoAugust 1976: Kissinger in Lahore: aircraft for a reprocessing plantJuly 1977: Bhutto blames America; Zia takes powerApril 1979: Bhutto is hanged despite appeals for clemencyApril 1979: Aid cut off over uranium enrichmentNovember 1979: A mob burns the US embassy in IslamabadDecember 1979: Soviet forces enter Afghanistan, and Pakistan becomes a front-line stateJanuary 1980: Carter offers $400 million; Zia turns it down1981: Reagan’s $3.2 billion package and the F-16 dealDecember 1982: Zia-ul-Haq’s state visit to the White HouseMarch 1985: Washington widens the covert war in AfghanistanAugust 1985: The Pressler Amendment ties aid to a nuclear certificate1986: Stinger missiles reach the Afghan resistanceJuly 1986: Junejo in Washington and a second, $4 billion packageJuly 1987: The Pervez case puts Pakistan’s nuclear procurement on trialApril 1988: Ojhri camp explodes between Rawalpindi and IslamabadApril 1988: The Geneva Accords set the Soviet exitAugust 1988: Zia and the US ambassador die in an air crashFebruary 1989: The last Soviet soldier leaves AfghanistanJune 1989: Benazir Bhutto addresses CongressMay 1990: The Gates mission and the Kashmir crisis of 1990October 1990: No certificate: Pressler sanctions take effectApril 1995: Benazir Bhutto’s second visit and Clinton’s admission on the F-16sSeptember 1995: The Brown Amendment eases the Pressler sanctionsMay 1998: Chagai: Pakistan answers India’s tests, and sanctions followAugust 1998: US cruise missiles cross Pakistan to strike bin Laden’s campsDecember 1998: Sharif in Washington: waivers, a test-ban pledge and an end to the F-16 sagaJuly 1999: Kargil and the Fourth of July at Blair HouseOctober 1999: The October 1999 coup and a third layer of sanctionsMarch 2000: Five hours in Islamabad: Clinton speaks to PakistanSeptember 2001: After 11 September, Pakistan turns against the TalibanSeptember 2001: A decade of sanctions is lifted in five weeksJune 2003: At Camp David, a $3 billion pledgeFebruary 2004: The A. Q. Khan network is exposedJune 2004: Pakistan becomes a major non-NATO allyJune 2004: The drone war comes to the tribal areasOctober 2005: Chinooks over Kashmir: the 2005 earthquake reliefMarch 2006: George W. Bush’s overnight stay in IslamabadFebruary 2008: Elections end the Musharraf eraMarch 2009: Obama puts Pakistan at the centre of the warOctober 2009: Kerry–Lugar–Berman: $7.5 billion promised for Pakistan’s peopleMarch 2010: The Strategic Dialogue goes ministerialJuly 2010: The superflood of 2010 and the American airliftJanuary 2011: The Raymond Davis affairMay 2011: Abbottabad: bin Laden is killed in a garrison townNovember 2011: Salala: 24 soldiers killed, supply lines cutJuly 2012: “We are sorry”: the supply lines reopenOctober 2013: Nawaz Sharif returns to the White HouseOctober 2015: A second Sharif visit and a pledge on Lashkar-e-TaibaMay 2016: The F-16 deal that Congress would not pay forAugust 2017: Trump’s South Asia strategy singles out PakistanJanuary 2018: Washington suspends security aidJune 2018: Pakistan on the FATF grey listJuly 2019: Imran Khan at the White HouseFebruary 2020: The Doha agreement: a timetable to leave AfghanistanAugust 2021: The war ends: America leaves AfghanistanApril 2022: Imran Khan’s fall and the “cipher”August 2022: A third of Pakistan under water: the 2022 floodsSeptember 2022: A $450 million F-16 sustainment packageDecember 2024: Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile programmeMarch 2025: Pakistan hands over an Abbey Gate suspectMay 2025: Four days of war and a ceasefire Trump announcedJune 2025: A White House lunch for Pakistan’s army chiefJuly 2025: Tariffs, a trade deal and the promise of oilSeptember 2025: Critical minerals and an Oval Office meetingApril 2026: The Islamabad Talks: Pakistan mediates between Washington and Tehran alliance eraStrains and embargoesAfghan decadesanctions yearsRecalibrationFY1948: obligations $1.1 million, no disbursements figureFY1949: no obligations figure, no disbursements figureFY1950: no obligations figure, no disbursements figureFY1951: obligations $4.1 million, no disbursements figureFY1952: obligations $104 million, no disbursements figureFY1953: obligations $1.05 billion, no disbursements figureFY1954: obligations $220 million, no disbursements figureFY1955: obligations $1.4 billion, no disbursements figureFY1956: obligations $3.02 billion, no disbursements figureFY1957: obligations $2.13 billion, no disbursements figureFY1958: obligations $2.11 billion, no disbursements figureFY1959: obligations $2.43 billion, no disbursements figureFY1960: obligations $2.69 billion, no disbursements figureFY1961: obligations $1.75 billion, no disbursements figureFY1962: obligations $4.05 billion, no disbursements figureFY1963: obligations $3.31 billion, no disbursements figureFY1964: obligations $3.38 billion, no disbursements figureFY1965: obligations $2.82 billion, no disbursements figureFY1966: obligations $1.16 billion, no disbursements figureFY1967: obligations $1.74 billion, no disbursements figureFY1968: obligations $2.15 billion, no disbursements figureFY1969: obligations $763 million, no disbursements figureFY1970: obligations $1.36 billion, no disbursements figureFY1971: obligations $668 million, no disbursements figureFY1972: obligations $975 million, no disbursements figureFY1973: obligations $1.01 billion, no disbursements figureFY1974: obligations $539 million, no disbursements figureFY1975: obligations $867 million, no disbursements figureFY1976: obligations $911 million, no disbursements figureFY1977: obligations $453 million, no disbursements figureFY1978: obligations $306 million, no disbursements figureFY1979: obligations $184 million, no disbursements figureFY1980: obligations $195 million, no disbursements figureFY1981: obligations $233 million, no disbursements figureFY1982: obligations $569 million, no disbursements figureFY1983: obligations $1.46 billion, no disbursements figureFY1984: obligations $1.59 billion, no disbursements figureFY1985: obligations $1.69 billion, no disbursements figureFY1986: obligations $1.66 billion, no disbursements figureFY1987: obligations $1.61 billion, no disbursements figureFY1988: obligations $1.71 billion, no disbursements figureFY1989: obligations $1.32 billion, no disbursements figureFY1990: obligations $1.18 billion, no disbursements figureFY1991: obligations $213 million, no disbursements figureFY1992: obligations $43.9 million, no disbursements figureFY1993: obligations $106 million, no disbursements figureFY1994: obligations $97.3 million, no disbursements figureFY1995: obligations $32.9 million, no disbursements figureFY1996: obligations $32.4 million, no disbursements figureFY1997: obligations $81.4 million, no disbursements figureFY1998: obligations $51.7 million, no disbursements figureFY1999: obligations $151 million, no disbursements figureFY2000: obligations $42.1 million, no disbursements figureFY2001: obligations $303 million, disbursements $159 millionFY2002: obligations $1.41 billion, disbursements $1.36 billionFY2003: obligations $940 million, disbursements $897 millionFY2004: obligations $654 million, disbursements $565 millionFY2005: obligations $1.13 billion, disbursements $996 millionFY2006: obligations $1.36 billion, disbursements $1.25 billionFY2007: obligations $1.23 billion, disbursements $1.12 billionFY2008: obligations $1.27 billion, disbursements $1.03 billionFY2009: obligations $1.7 billion, disbursements $1.39 billionFY2010: obligations $3.83 billion, disbursements $2.77 billionFY2011: obligations $2.74 billion, disbursements $2.98 billionFY2012: obligations $1.71 billion, disbursements $1.06 billionFY2013: obligations $1.1 billion, disbursements $1.02 billionFY2014: obligations $1.32 billion, disbursements $1.29 billionFY2015: obligations $1.53 billion, disbursements $1.51 billionFY2016: obligations $1.04 billion, disbursements $1.32 billionFY2017: obligations $1.08 billion, disbursements $1.16 billionFY2018: obligations $551 million, disbursements $622 millionFY2019: obligations $846 million, disbursements $947 millionFY2020: obligations $244 million, disbursements $457 millionFY2021: obligations $222 million, disbursements $301 millionFY2022: obligations $210 million, disbursements $256 millionFY2023: obligations $179 million, disbursements $294 millionFY2024: obligations $174 million, disbursements $250 millionFY2025: obligations $196 million, disbursements $106 millionFY2026: obligations $1.3 million, disbursements $13.8 millionMay 1954: The alliance is signed in KarachiNovember 1962: American arms for India shake the allianceSeptember 1965: War with India, and an American embargoJuly 1971: Kissinger's secret flight from Pakistan to BeijingDecember 1971: 1971: civil war, war with India, and the birth of BangladeshDecember 1979: Soviet forces enter Afghanistan, and Pakistan becomes a front-line state1981: Reagan’s $3.2 billion package and the F-16 dealAugust 1985: The Pressler Amendment ties aid to a nuclear certificateOctober 1990: No certificate: Pressler sanctions take effectMay 1998: Chagai: Pakistan answers India’s tests, and sanctions followJuly 1999: Kargil and the Fourth of July at Blair HouseSeptember 2001: After 11 September, Pakistan turns against the TalibanJune 2004: The drone war comes to the tribal areasOctober 2009: Kerry–Lugar–Berman: $7.5 billion promised for Pakistan’s peopleMay 2011: Abbottabad: bin Laden is killed in a garrison townNovember 2011: Salala: 24 soldiers killed, supply lines cutJanuary 2018: Washington suspends security aidFebruary 2020: The Doha agreement: a timetable to leave AfghanistanAugust 2021: The war ends: America leaves AfghanistanMay 2025: Four days of war and a ceasefire Trump announcedApril 2026: The Islamabad Talks: Pakistan mediates between Washington and Tehran
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The 102 Long Arc events on the river
  1. Kashmir goes to the UN, with America on the commission May 1948
  2. Liaquat Ali Khan's American tour May 1950
  3. Fulbright exchanges begin with a 1950 agreement September 1950
  4. Point Four brings the first American technical aid February 1951
  5. A million tons of wheat against famine June 1953
  6. Dulles and Nixon come calling December 1953
  7. Eisenhower decides to arm Pakistan February 1954
  8. The alliance is signed in Karachi May 1954
  9. Pakistan signs the Manila Pact September 1954
  10. Bogra returns to Washington as prime minister October 1954
  11. Pakistan joins the Baghdad Pact September 1955
  12. Suhrawardy defends the alliance in Washington July 1957
  13. Martial law, and Ayub Khan takes power October 1958
  14. A bilateral pledge signed in Ankara March 1959
  15. A secret listening post at Badaber July 1959
  16. Eisenhower's two days in Karachi December 1959
  17. The U-2 that flew from Peshawar May 1960
  18. Lyndon Johnson and the camel driver May 1961
  19. Dinner at Mount Vernon July 1961
  20. Jacqueline Kennedy at the Khyber Pass March 1962
  21. American arms for India shake the alliance November 1962
  22. War with India, and an American embargo September 1965
  23. Peace made in Tashkent, not Washington January 1966
  24. Nixon in Lahore asks for a message to Beijing August 1969
  25. Yahya at the White House: a message for Zhou Enlai October 1970
  26. The Bhola cyclone and American relief November 1970
  27. Kissinger's secret flight from Pakistan to Beijing July 1971
  28. 1971: civil war, war with India, and the birth of Bangladesh December 1971
  29. Bhutto in Washington: support for Pakistan's integrity September 1973
  30. India's nuclear test changes the agenda May 1974
  31. Ford lifts the ten-year arms embargo February 1975
  32. Kissinger in Lahore: aircraft for a reprocessing plant August 1976
  33. Bhutto blames America; Zia takes power July 1977
  34. Bhutto is hanged despite appeals for clemency April 1979
  35. Aid cut off over uranium enrichment April 1979
  36. A mob burns the US embassy in Islamabad November 1979
  37. Soviet forces enter Afghanistan, and Pakistan becomes a front-line state December 1979
  38. Carter offers $400 million; Zia turns it down January 1980
  39. Reagan’s $3.2 billion package and the F-16 deal 1981
  40. Zia-ul-Haq’s state visit to the White House December 1982
  41. Washington widens the covert war in Afghanistan March 1985
  42. The Pressler Amendment ties aid to a nuclear certificate August 1985
  43. Stinger missiles reach the Afghan resistance 1986
  44. Junejo in Washington and a second, $4 billion package July 1986
  45. The Pervez case puts Pakistan’s nuclear procurement on trial July 1987
  46. Ojhri camp explodes between Rawalpindi and Islamabad April 1988
  47. The Geneva Accords set the Soviet exit April 1988
  48. Zia and the US ambassador die in an air crash August 1988
  49. The last Soviet soldier leaves Afghanistan February 1989
  50. Benazir Bhutto addresses Congress June 1989
  51. The Gates mission and the Kashmir crisis of 1990 May 1990
  52. No certificate: Pressler sanctions take effect October 1990
  53. Washington decides not to list Pakistan as a sponsor of terrorism July 1993
  54. Missile sanctions over China’s M-11 transfers August 1993
  55. Ramzi Yousef is arrested in Islamabad February 1995
  56. Benazir Bhutto’s second visit and Clinton’s admission on the F-16s April 1995
  57. The Brown Amendment eases the Pressler sanctions September 1995
  58. Mir Aimal Kansi is captured in Pakistan June 1997
  59. Chagai: Pakistan answers India’s tests, and sanctions follow May 1998
  60. US cruise missiles cross Pakistan to strike bin Laden’s camps August 1998
  61. Sharif in Washington: waivers, a test-ban pledge and an end to the F-16 saga December 1998
  62. Kargil and the Fourth of July at Blair House July 1999
  63. The October 1999 coup and a third layer of sanctions October 1999
  64. Five hours in Islamabad: Clinton speaks to Pakistan March 2000
  65. After 11 September, Pakistan turns against the Taliban September 2001
  66. A decade of sanctions is lifted in five weeks September 2001
  67. At Camp David, a $3 billion pledge June 2003
  68. The A. Q. Khan network is exposed February 2004
  69. Pakistan becomes a major non-NATO ally June 2004
  70. The drone war comes to the tribal areas June 2004
  71. Chinooks over Kashmir: the 2005 earthquake relief October 2005
  72. George W. Bush’s overnight stay in Islamabad March 2006
  73. Elections end the Musharraf era February 2008
  74. Obama puts Pakistan at the centre of the war March 2009
  75. Kerry–Lugar–Berman: $7.5 billion promised for Pakistan’s people October 2009
  76. The Strategic Dialogue goes ministerial March 2010
  77. The superflood of 2010 and the American airlift July 2010
  78. The Raymond Davis affair January 2011
  79. Abbottabad: bin Laden is killed in a garrison town May 2011
  80. Salala: 24 soldiers killed, supply lines cut November 2011
  81. “We are sorry”: the supply lines reopen July 2012
  82. Nawaz Sharif returns to the White House October 2013
  83. A second Sharif visit and a pledge on Lashkar-e-Taiba October 2015
  84. The F-16 deal that Congress would not pay for May 2016
  85. Trump’s South Asia strategy singles out Pakistan August 2017
  86. Washington suspends security aid January 2018
  87. Pakistan on the FATF grey list June 2018
  88. Imran Khan at the White House July 2019
  89. The Doha agreement: a timetable to leave Afghanistan February 2020
  90. The war ends: America leaves Afghanistan August 2021
  91. Imran Khan’s fall and the “cipher” April 2022
  92. A third of Pakistan under water: the 2022 floods August 2022
  93. A $450 million F-16 sustainment package September 2022
  94. Counter-terrorism talks on a new footing March 2023
  95. Washington questions Pakistan’s 2024 election June 2024
  96. Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile programme December 2024
  97. Pakistan hands over an Abbey Gate suspect March 2025
  98. Four days of war and a ceasefire Trump announced May 2025
  99. A White House lunch for Pakistan’s army chief June 2025
  100. Tariffs, a trade deal and the promise of oil July 2025
  101. Critical minerals and an Oval Office meeting September 2025
  102. The Islamabad Talks: Pakistan mediates between Washington and Tehran April 2026

At a glance

The latest US fiscal year with figures (October to September), and the ten fiscal years to it. All of Pakistan, every agency.

Obligations, FY2026
$1.3 million
Committed by US agencies; current dollars.
Disbursements, FY2026
$14.2 million
Actually paid out; current dollars. The latest year may still be incomplete.
Obligations, 10 years
$3.7 billion
FY2017–FY2026, in constant dollars (adjusted for inflation by ForeignAssistance.gov).
Disbursements, 10 years
$4.41 billion
FY2017–FY2026, in constant dollars.

Year by year

The official country totals go back to FY1948, the start of the published series. Read them as a record of policy: US aid rose in the Cold War alliance years, was largely cut off in the 1990s under the Pressler Amendment sanctions, and returned after 2001.

Obligations and disbursements by fiscal year, FY1948–FY2026 (constant dollars)

  • Obligations (committed)
  • Disbursements (paid out)
Obligations and disbursements by fiscal year, FY1948–FY2026 (constant dollars)Two lines, one point per US fiscal year. In FY2026 obligations were $1.3 million and disbursements $13.8 million. Highest year for obligations: FY1962 ($4.05 billion); for disbursements: FY2011 ($2.98 billion).$0$1.5B$3B$4.5B$6B1960198020002020FY1948 Obligations: $1.1 million Disbursements: –FY1951 Obligations: $4.1 million Disbursements: –FY1952 Obligations: $104 million Disbursements: –FY1953 Obligations: $1.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1954 Obligations: $220 million Disbursements: –FY1955 Obligations: $1.4 billion Disbursements: –FY1956 Obligations: $3.02 billion Disbursements: –FY1957 Obligations: $2.13 billion Disbursements: –FY1958 Obligations: $2.11 billion Disbursements: –FY1959 Obligations: $2.43 billion Disbursements: –FY1960 Obligations: $2.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1961 Obligations: $1.75 billion Disbursements: –FY1962 Obligations: $4.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1963 Obligations: $3.31 billion Disbursements: –FY1964 Obligations: $3.38 billion Disbursements: –FY1965 Obligations: $2.82 billion Disbursements: –FY1966 Obligations: $1.16 billion Disbursements: –FY1967 Obligations: $1.74 billion Disbursements: –FY1968 Obligations: $2.15 billion Disbursements: –FY1969 Obligations: $763 million Disbursements: –FY1970 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: –FY1971 Obligations: $668 million Disbursements: –FY1972 Obligations: $975 million Disbursements: –FY1973 Obligations: $1.01 billion Disbursements: –FY1974 Obligations: $539 million Disbursements: –FY1975 Obligations: $867 million Disbursements: –FY1976 Obligations: $911 million Disbursements: –FY1976 TQ Obligations: $280 million Disbursements: –FY1977 Obligations: $453 million Disbursements: –FY1978 Obligations: $306 million Disbursements: –FY1979 Obligations: $184 million Disbursements: –FY1980 Obligations: $195 million Disbursements: –FY1981 Obligations: $233 million Disbursements: –FY1982 Obligations: $569 million Disbursements: –FY1983 Obligations: $1.46 billion Disbursements: –FY1984 Obligations: $1.59 billion Disbursements: –FY1985 Obligations: $1.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1986 Obligations: $1.66 billion Disbursements: –FY1987 Obligations: $1.61 billion Disbursements: –FY1988 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: –FY1989 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: –FY1990 Obligations: $1.18 billion Disbursements: –FY1991 Obligations: $213 million Disbursements: –FY1992 Obligations: $43.9 million Disbursements: –FY1993 Obligations: $106 million Disbursements: –FY1994 Obligations: $97.3 million Disbursements: –FY1995 Obligations: $32.9 million Disbursements: –FY1996 Obligations: $32.4 million Disbursements: –FY1997 Obligations: $81.4 million Disbursements: –FY1998 Obligations: $51.7 million Disbursements: –FY1999 Obligations: $151 million Disbursements: –FY2000 Obligations: $42.1 million Disbursements: –FY2001 Obligations: $303 million Disbursements: $159 millionFY2002 Obligations: $1.41 billion Disbursements: $1.36 billionFY2003 Obligations: $940 million Disbursements: $897 millionFY2004 Obligations: $654 million Disbursements: $565 millionFY2005 Obligations: $1.13 billion Disbursements: $996 millionFY2006 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: $1.25 billionFY2007 Obligations: $1.23 billion Disbursements: $1.12 billionFY2008 Obligations: $1.27 billion Disbursements: $1.03 billionFY2009 Obligations: $1.7 billion Disbursements: $1.39 billionFY2010 Obligations: $3.83 billion Disbursements: $2.77 billionFY2011 Obligations: $2.74 billion Disbursements: $2.98 billionFY2012 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: $1.06 billionFY2013 Obligations: $1.1 billion Disbursements: $1.02 billionFY2014 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: $1.29 billionFY2015 Obligations: $1.53 billion Disbursements: $1.51 billionFY2016 Obligations: $1.04 billion Disbursements: $1.32 billionFY2017 Obligations: $1.08 billion Disbursements: $1.16 billionFY2018 Obligations: $551 million Disbursements: $622 millionFY2019 Obligations: $846 million Disbursements: $947 millionFY2020 Obligations: $244 million Disbursements: $457 millionFY2021 Obligations: $222 million Disbursements: $301 millionFY2022 Obligations: $210 million Disbursements: $256 millionFY2023 Obligations: $179 million Disbursements: $294 millionFY2024 Obligations: $174 million Disbursements: $250 millionFY2025 Obligations: $196 million Disbursements: $106 millionFY2026 Obligations: $1.3 million Disbursements: $13.8 millionObligations and disbursements by fiscal year, FY1948–FY2026 (constant dollars)$0$1.5B$3B$4.5B$6B1960197019801990200020102020FY1948 Obligations: $1.1 million Disbursements: –FY1951 Obligations: $4.1 million Disbursements: –FY1952 Obligations: $104 million Disbursements: –FY1953 Obligations: $1.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1954 Obligations: $220 million Disbursements: –FY1955 Obligations: $1.4 billion Disbursements: –FY1956 Obligations: $3.02 billion Disbursements: –FY1957 Obligations: $2.13 billion Disbursements: –FY1958 Obligations: $2.11 billion Disbursements: –FY1959 Obligations: $2.43 billion Disbursements: –FY1960 Obligations: $2.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1961 Obligations: $1.75 billion Disbursements: –FY1962 Obligations: $4.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1963 Obligations: $3.31 billion Disbursements: –FY1964 Obligations: $3.38 billion Disbursements: –FY1965 Obligations: $2.82 billion Disbursements: –FY1966 Obligations: $1.16 billion Disbursements: –FY1967 Obligations: $1.74 billion Disbursements: –FY1968 Obligations: $2.15 billion Disbursements: –FY1969 Obligations: $763 million Disbursements: –FY1970 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: –FY1971 Obligations: $668 million Disbursements: –FY1972 Obligations: $975 million Disbursements: –FY1973 Obligations: $1.01 billion Disbursements: –FY1974 Obligations: $539 million Disbursements: –FY1975 Obligations: $867 million Disbursements: –FY1976 Obligations: $911 million Disbursements: –FY1976 TQ Obligations: $280 million Disbursements: –FY1977 Obligations: $453 million Disbursements: –FY1978 Obligations: $306 million Disbursements: –FY1979 Obligations: $184 million Disbursements: –FY1980 Obligations: $195 million Disbursements: –FY1981 Obligations: $233 million Disbursements: –FY1982 Obligations: $569 million Disbursements: –FY1983 Obligations: $1.46 billion Disbursements: –FY1984 Obligations: $1.59 billion Disbursements: –FY1985 Obligations: $1.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1986 Obligations: $1.66 billion Disbursements: –FY1987 Obligations: $1.61 billion Disbursements: –FY1988 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: –FY1989 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: –FY1990 Obligations: $1.18 billion Disbursements: –FY1991 Obligations: $213 million Disbursements: –FY1992 Obligations: $43.9 million Disbursements: –FY1993 Obligations: $106 million Disbursements: –FY1994 Obligations: $97.3 million Disbursements: –FY1995 Obligations: $32.9 million Disbursements: –FY1996 Obligations: $32.4 million Disbursements: –FY1997 Obligations: $81.4 million Disbursements: –FY1998 Obligations: $51.7 million Disbursements: –FY1999 Obligations: $151 million Disbursements: –FY2000 Obligations: $42.1 million Disbursements: –FY2001 Obligations: $303 million Disbursements: $159 millionFY2002 Obligations: $1.41 billion Disbursements: $1.36 billionFY2003 Obligations: $940 million Disbursements: $897 millionFY2004 Obligations: $654 million Disbursements: $565 millionFY2005 Obligations: $1.13 billion Disbursements: $996 millionFY2006 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: $1.25 billionFY2007 Obligations: $1.23 billion Disbursements: $1.12 billionFY2008 Obligations: $1.27 billion Disbursements: $1.03 billionFY2009 Obligations: $1.7 billion Disbursements: $1.39 billionFY2010 Obligations: $3.83 billion Disbursements: $2.77 billionFY2011 Obligations: $2.74 billion Disbursements: $2.98 billionFY2012 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: $1.06 billionFY2013 Obligations: $1.1 billion Disbursements: $1.02 billionFY2014 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: $1.29 billionFY2015 Obligations: $1.53 billion Disbursements: $1.51 billionFY2016 Obligations: $1.04 billion Disbursements: $1.32 billionFY2017 Obligations: $1.08 billion Disbursements: $1.16 billionFY2018 Obligations: $551 million Disbursements: $622 millionFY2019 Obligations: $846 million Disbursements: $947 millionFY2020 Obligations: $244 million Disbursements: $457 millionFY2021 Obligations: $222 million Disbursements: $301 millionFY2022 Obligations: $210 million Disbursements: $256 millionFY2023 Obligations: $179 million Disbursements: $294 millionFY2024 Obligations: $174 million Disbursements: $250 millionFY2025 Obligations: $196 million Disbursements: $106 millionFY2026 Obligations: $1.3 million Disbursements: $13.8 millionObligations$1.3 millionDisbursements$13.8 millionObligations and disbursements by fiscal year, FY1948–FY2026 (constant dollars)$0$1.5B$3B$4.5B$6B1960197019801990200020102020FY1948 Obligations: $1.1 million Disbursements: –FY1951 Obligations: $4.1 million Disbursements: –FY1952 Obligations: $104 million Disbursements: –FY1953 Obligations: $1.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1954 Obligations: $220 million Disbursements: –FY1955 Obligations: $1.4 billion Disbursements: –FY1956 Obligations: $3.02 billion Disbursements: –FY1957 Obligations: $2.13 billion Disbursements: –FY1958 Obligations: $2.11 billion Disbursements: –FY1959 Obligations: $2.43 billion Disbursements: –FY1960 Obligations: $2.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1961 Obligations: $1.75 billion Disbursements: –FY1962 Obligations: $4.05 billion Disbursements: –FY1963 Obligations: $3.31 billion Disbursements: –FY1964 Obligations: $3.38 billion Disbursements: –FY1965 Obligations: $2.82 billion Disbursements: –FY1966 Obligations: $1.16 billion Disbursements: –FY1967 Obligations: $1.74 billion Disbursements: –FY1968 Obligations: $2.15 billion Disbursements: –FY1969 Obligations: $763 million Disbursements: –FY1970 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: –FY1971 Obligations: $668 million Disbursements: –FY1972 Obligations: $975 million Disbursements: –FY1973 Obligations: $1.01 billion Disbursements: –FY1974 Obligations: $539 million Disbursements: –FY1975 Obligations: $867 million Disbursements: –FY1976 Obligations: $911 million Disbursements: –FY1976 TQ Obligations: $280 million Disbursements: –FY1977 Obligations: $453 million Disbursements: –FY1978 Obligations: $306 million Disbursements: –FY1979 Obligations: $184 million Disbursements: –FY1980 Obligations: $195 million Disbursements: –FY1981 Obligations: $233 million Disbursements: –FY1982 Obligations: $569 million Disbursements: –FY1983 Obligations: $1.46 billion Disbursements: –FY1984 Obligations: $1.59 billion Disbursements: –FY1985 Obligations: $1.69 billion Disbursements: –FY1986 Obligations: $1.66 billion Disbursements: –FY1987 Obligations: $1.61 billion Disbursements: –FY1988 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: –FY1989 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: –FY1990 Obligations: $1.18 billion Disbursements: –FY1991 Obligations: $213 million Disbursements: –FY1992 Obligations: $43.9 million Disbursements: –FY1993 Obligations: $106 million Disbursements: –FY1994 Obligations: $97.3 million Disbursements: –FY1995 Obligations: $32.9 million Disbursements: –FY1996 Obligations: $32.4 million Disbursements: –FY1997 Obligations: $81.4 million Disbursements: –FY1998 Obligations: $51.7 million Disbursements: –FY1999 Obligations: $151 million Disbursements: –FY2000 Obligations: $42.1 million Disbursements: –FY2001 Obligations: $303 million Disbursements: $159 millionFY2002 Obligations: $1.41 billion Disbursements: $1.36 billionFY2003 Obligations: $940 million Disbursements: $897 millionFY2004 Obligations: $654 million Disbursements: $565 millionFY2005 Obligations: $1.13 billion Disbursements: $996 millionFY2006 Obligations: $1.36 billion Disbursements: $1.25 billionFY2007 Obligations: $1.23 billion Disbursements: $1.12 billionFY2008 Obligations: $1.27 billion Disbursements: $1.03 billionFY2009 Obligations: $1.7 billion Disbursements: $1.39 billionFY2010 Obligations: $3.83 billion Disbursements: $2.77 billionFY2011 Obligations: $2.74 billion Disbursements: $2.98 billionFY2012 Obligations: $1.71 billion Disbursements: $1.06 billionFY2013 Obligations: $1.1 billion Disbursements: $1.02 billionFY2014 Obligations: $1.32 billion Disbursements: $1.29 billionFY2015 Obligations: $1.53 billion Disbursements: $1.51 billionFY2016 Obligations: $1.04 billion Disbursements: $1.32 billionFY2017 Obligations: $1.08 billion Disbursements: $1.16 billionFY2018 Obligations: $551 million Disbursements: $622 millionFY2019 Obligations: $846 million Disbursements: $947 millionFY2020 Obligations: $244 million Disbursements: $457 millionFY2021 Obligations: $222 million Disbursements: $301 millionFY2022 Obligations: $210 million Disbursements: $256 millionFY2023 Obligations: $179 million Disbursements: $294 millionFY2024 Obligations: $174 million Disbursements: $250 millionFY2025 Obligations: $196 million Disbursements: $106 millionFY2026 Obligations: $1.3 million Disbursements: $13.8 millionObligations$1.3 millionDisbursements$13.8 million

FY1976 TQ is the transition quarter (July–September 1976) when the US fiscal year moved from July to October; it is shown on its own.

Show the data
Fiscal yearObligations, current $Obligations, constant $Disbursements, current $Disbursements, constant $
FY2026−$1,331,954−$1,294,008$14,193,798$13,789,425
FY2025$195,774,327$195,774,327$105,753,300$105,753,300
FY2024$169,617,009$174,085,611$243,364,327$249,775,804
FY2023$169,860,403$178,759,442$278,900,028$293,511,693
FY2022$190,338,630$209,574,624$232,819,916$256,349,145
FY2021$188,356,783$222,055,469$255,021,768$300,647,346
FY2020$200,445,526$244,351,200$374,666,681$456,733,799
FY2019$684,683,751$845,642,650$766,632,336$946,856,114
FY2018$437,930,249$550,775,911$494,951,669$622,490,557
FY2017$839,968,428$1,079,863,411$906,110,231$1,164,895,260
FY2016$797,809,958$1,042,977,898$1,006,877,732$1,316,292,480
FY2015$1,157,961,594$1,525,907,573$1,144,219,823$1,507,799,257
FY2014$990,717,078$1,319,040,872$965,397,435$1,285,330,276
FY2013$812,994,069$1,102,167,200$755,818,716$1,024,655,254
FY2012$1,240,454,054$1,712,183,507$767,980,094$1,060,033,474
FY2011$1,947,137,559$2,736,379,565$2,120,279,814$2,979,702,361
FY2010$2,669,289,589$3,826,537,334$1,934,584,429$2,773,307,029
FY2009$1,176,731,095$1,701,502,051$962,524,903$1,391,769,199
FY2008$866,385,550$1,265,566,689$708,408,214$1,034,802,399
FY2007$823,888,940$1,228,475,547$752,341,129$1,121,792,776
FY2006$887,488,233$1,359,736,465$817,740,239$1,252,874,330
FY2005$712,361,700$1,126,876,107$629,691,550$996,101,215
FY2004$401,432,598$654,344,800$346,375,655$564,600,651
FY2003$562,931,003$939,997,512$536,903,529$896,536,126
FY2002$830,679,757$1,413,717,097$798,067,789$1,358,215,444
FY2001$175,461,393$303,312,042$91,901,516$158,865,927
FY2000$23,762,793$42,073,334––
FY1999$83,718,175$151,311,805––
FY1998$28,263,005$51,714,943––
FY1997$43,936,318$81,401,543––
FY1996$17,195,724$32,424,204––
FY1995$17,121,000$32,891,151––
FY1994$49,608,000$97,323,431––
FY1993$52,674,000$105,594,410––
FY1992$21,402,699$43,912,080––
FY1991$101,266,220$212,968,841––
FY1990$542,357,889$1,181,388,176––
FY1989$583,040,000$1,316,396,601––
FY1988$726,603,000$1,706,780,225––
FY1987$665,070,000$1,612,929,620––
FY1986$668,353,000$1,657,154,517––
FY1985$665,201,000$1,686,417,679––
FY1984$608,128,000$1,593,253,224––
FY1983$539,511,000$1,464,208,026––
FY1982$200,801,000$568,737,090––
FY1981$76,793,000$232,622,716––
FY1980$58,564,000$194,799,169––
FY1979$50,864,000$183,940,247––
FY1978$78,377,000$306,358,987––
FY1977$108,582,000$452,929,979––
FY1976 TQ$64,500,000$280,139,189––
FY1976$203,702,000$911,201,431––
FY1975$181,159,000$866,758,507––
FY1974$102,032,000$538,695,438––
FY1973$178,199,000$1,007,886,645––
FY1972$165,199,000$974,666,517––
FY1971$108,066,000$667,931,008––
FY1970$209,988,000$1,364,126,189––
FY1969$111,503,000$762,896,524––
FY1968$300,308,000$2,148,447,217––
FY1967$235,400,000$1,743,261,752––
FY1966$151,746,000$1,157,772,449––
FY1965$361,544,000$2,818,683,847––
FY1964$426,703,000$3,384,141,744––
FY1963$412,742,000$3,312,241,668––
FY1962$498,265,000$4,046,553,911––
FY1961$213,612,000$1,752,518,106––
FY1960$323,629,000$2,691,186,560––
FY1959$288,758,000$2,434,277,278––
FY1958$246,240,000$2,107,630,787––
FY1957$241,573,000$2,130,084,013––
FY1956$330,399,000$3,023,209,640––
FY1955$149,501,000$1,402,908,655––
FY1954$23,300,000$220,253,530––
FY1953$109,800,000$1,050,289,285––
FY1952$10,700,000$104,211,515––
FY1951$400,000$4,052,325––
FY1948$100,000$1,088,569––

Episodes behind the peaks and troughs are told in The Long Arc, our history of the relationship.

Decade against decade

Pick two decades to set their stretches of the river side by side, on the same scale: full width is obligations, the deep channel disbursements, in constant dollars. Totals are sums of the published country figures.

1980sFY1980–FY1989
Obligations
$12.03 billion
Disbursements
Not reported
2010sFY2010–FY2019
Obligations
$15.74 billion
Disbursements
$14.68 billion

Obligations in the 2010s were 1.3× those of the 1980s.

Coin jars

Pick a fiscal year and watch it fall into jars, one per US sector: the five largest and all the others together. Each jar is as tall as its share of that year’s disbursements (constant dollars).

The jars are empty for now: the amounts by sector come from the activity-level dataset, which has not been read yet. Nothing is poured in until it has.

The breakdowns by sector, agency and activity appear once the full activity dataset has been read (it is large, so this takes about a day).

Yearly CSV Sectors CSV Agencies CSV Activities CSV All as JSON Downloads follow the filters above. Data: ForeignAssistance.gov (US government, public domain). Charts and notes: CUPA, CC BY 4.0.

Sources and method

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (US Department of State and USAID), country totals and the complete activity dataset; US fiscal years; last updated 5 October 2026.

  • Obligations are money a US agency has committed (a signed grant, contract or agreement). Disbursements are money actually paid out. Disbursements lag obligations, often by years, so the two lines rarely match.
  • Fiscal years run from 1 October to 30 September (FY2025 ended on 30 September 2025). Agencies report with a lag, so the latest year can be incomplete and is revised.
  • Constant dollars are adjusted for inflation by ForeignAssistance.gov to the base year it uses at the time, so years can be compared; current dollars are the amounts as spent. The headline figures for the latest year are in current dollars, the ten-year totals in constant dollars.
  • Coverage. The country totals are the official series from FY1948. The breakdowns by sector, agency and activity come from the activity-level dataset; early years there are less complete, so their sums can be lower than the country totals.
  • What is counted. US government foreign assistance reported by the agencies (economic, humanitarian and security assistance, including Defense programmes reported to the site). Some military assistance and classified programmes may be reported differently or not at all, so check the official site before quoting a total for a security programme.
  • Sectors are the US Government sector names used by ForeignAssistance.gov; agencies are the managing agencies.

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