Devex 16d ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently claimed the United States remains the world's top aid provider "by far" — but the data tells a different story. Following the closure of USAID, provisional 2025 figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (@oecd) show that Germany has officially overtaken the U.S. to claim the top spot. However, is Rubio entirely wrong, or does it just depend on what actually counts as aid? Devex’s David Ainsworth breaks down the numbers and the nuances behind the figures. Read the full analysis via the link below: https://www.devex.com/news/is-the-us-still-the-largest-aid-provider-by-far-it-depends-112692