Finland provided USD 1.6 billion (preliminary data) of ODA in 2023 (USD 1.5 billion in constant terms) representing 0.52% of GNI.1 This was a decrease of 9.5% in real terms in volume and a decrease in the share of GNI from 2022. Finland is not in line with its domestic, international and EU commitments to achieve a 0.7% ODA/GNI ratio by 2030. Within Finland’s ODA portfolio in 2022, 93.4% was provided in the form of grants and 6.6% in the form of non-grants.2
In 2023, Finland ranked 10th among Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member countries when ODA is taken as a share of GNI. Finland’s bilateral ODA focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on fragile contexts (19.9% of bilateral ODA in 2022) and the LDCs (17.2% in 2022). A growing share of Finland’s development co-operation programme focuses on private sector-driven instruments. In recent years, Finland has mobilised a high share of finance from the private sector that targets LDCs and other low-income countries, although this focus declined in 2022. At USD 409.9 million in 2022, in-donor costs for refugees were a significant share (25.4%) of Finland’s total (grant equivalent) ODA. The increase of in-donor refugee costs in 2022 means that shares of bilateral ODA allocated to other areas may have decreased from 2021 to 2022, even if absolute volumes have not.