The standard used to mea­sure Ger­many's, and other donors', de­vel­op­ment fund­ing is the ODA/GNI ratio. This ex­presses Official De­vel­op­ment As­sis­tance as a per­centage of Gross National In­come. What counts as Official Development As­sis­tance? How much does Germany spend on development?

Answers to these questions and detailed figures relating to Ger­man and inter­national de­vel­op­ment co­op­e­ra­tion can be found on the OECD web­site under the following links:

• Analyses and reports

• Methodology

• Charts, tables and databases

• DAC List of ODA Recipients