Ministry Facts and figures of German development cooperation

The budget of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is contained in the German national budget, where it is departmental budget 23. In fiscal 2026, provision has been made for spending in the order of 10.06 billion euros.

The appropriations in the 2026 budget are distributed as follows:

Distribution of the BMZ budget 2022 — Distribution of the BMZ budget 2026

(1) 4,638,219,000 euros (46.1%)
Bilateral official development cooperation

(2) 1,324,895,000 euros (13.2%)
Civil society and business groups and institutions

(3) 144,059,000 euros (1.4%)
European Development Fund

(4) 803,920,000 euros (8.0%)
United Nations and international institutions

(5) 909,860,000 euros (9.0%)
Payments to institutions of the World Bank Group

(6) 298,367,000 euros (3.0%)
Regional banks

(7) 885,792,000 euros (8.8%)
International food security and global environmental protection

(8) 54,276,000 euros (0.5%)
Research, evaluation and training in development cooperation

(9) 63,500,000 euros (0.6%)
Other appropriations

(10) 750,720,000 euros (7.5%)
Special initiatives

(11) 182,125,000 euros (1.8%)
Ministry costs

17,444,000 euros
Centrally calculated administrative costs (including across-the-board budget cut*).

Total 10,055,733,000 euros

*Across-the-board budget cuts are mandatory savings that a ministry has to make. They are centrally determined by the Federal Ministry of Finance and are shown in the budget as a negative amount. In order to meet these savings requirements, the BMZ has to manage its budget in such a way that expenditure is reduced accordingly within individual budget lines.

The BMZ regularly publishes data and documents on its bilateral development cooperation in line with the IATI Standard.

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As at: 12/04/2024

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