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International Assistance - Statistics

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By amounts approved

Budget ceilings Number of IA requests
Up to 5,000 USD 312
Between 5,001 USD and 75,000 USD 1487
Over 75,000 USD 27

By type of assistance

Type of assistance Number of IA requests
conservation 1312
preparatory 360
emergency 154

By category

Category Number of IA requests
culture 1013
nature 647
mixed 167

By region

Region Number of IA requests
Africa  436
Latin America and the Caribbean  401
Asia and the Pacific  387
Europe and North America  286
Arab States  238
  79

By State Party

State Party Number of IA requests Amount Approved
  79 2,555,445 USD
Tanzania, United Republic of   63 1,107,264 USD
Ecuador  51 1,070,343 USD
Brazil  49 1,184,583 USD
Costa Rica  48 810,595 USD
Egypt  47 1,066,608 USD
China  46 1,049,112 USD
Peru  44 787,687 USD
Nepal  41 828,078 USD
India  38 1,005,667 USD
Senegal  32 621,101 USD
Philippines  31 585,161 USD
Colombia  30 669,910 USD
Bulgaria  30 414,459 USD
Pakistan  28 491,757 USD
Democratic Republic of the Congo  28 678,559 USD
Ethiopia  28 529,631 USD
Indonesia  27 630,740 USD
Turkey  27 442,441 USD
Tunisia  26 638,315 USD
Guinea  26 509,244 USD
Algeria  25 436,529 USD
Cameroon  24 503,470 USD
Syrian Arab Republic  24 499,855 USD
Viet Nam  24 607,228 USD
Niger  22 512,650 USD
Malawi  21 308,202 USD
Yemen  20 408,168 USD
Mexico  20 516,661 USD
Côte d'Ivoire  19 451,395 USD
Argentina  19 295,039 USD
Mali  18 385,195 USD
Lebanon  18 284,560 USD
Morocco  17 274,036 USD
Honduras  17 357,850 USD
Poland  16 307,826 USD
Lao People's Democratic Republic  16 269,087 USD
Mauritania  16 342,137 USD
Cuba  16 607,411 USD
Oman  15 315,612 USD
Zimbabwe  14 364,940 USD
Russian Federation  14 313,883 USD
Malta  14 183,445 USD
Benin  14 228,900 USD
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)  13 170,962 USD
Sri Lanka  13 237,470 USD
Croatia  13 262,339 USD
United States of America  13 188,585 USD
Kenya  13 217,746 USD
Jordan  13 345,903 USD
Mozambique  13 297,380 USD
Portugal  13 131,250 USD
Madagascar  12 240,698 USD
Lithuania  12 193,180 USD
Slovakia  12 161,453 USD
Ghana  12 265,260 USD
Greece  11 204,903 USD
Georgia  11 242,580 USD
Cambodia  11 246,936 USD
Guatemala  11 194,516 USD
Panama  10 202,788 USD
Nicaragua  9 79,792 USD
Dominican Republic  9 222,857 USD
Cyprus  9 112,739 USD
Bangladesh  9 229,899 USD
El Salvador  9 196,750 USD
Uganda  9 236,373 USD
Nigeria  8 111,416 USD
Haiti  8 200,668 USD
Kyrgyzstan  8 114,502 USD
Canada  8 91,914 USD
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of   7 119,250 USD
Guyana  7 63,967 USD
Latvia  7 129,500 USD
Burkina Faso  7 97,000 USD
Iran (Islamic Republic of)  7 147,750 USD
Uzbekistan  7 158,750 USD
Albania  7 291,519 USD
Turkmenistan  7 187,685 USD
Japan  7 135,700 USD
Korea, Republic of  6 95,000 USD
Gabon  6 98,600 USD
South Africa  6 133,260 USD
Montenegro  6 176,284 USD
Ukraine  6 93,620 USD
Gambia  6 116,900 USD
Central African Republic  6 299,033 USD
Hungary  6 136,680 USD
Chile  6 116,500 USD
Thailand  6 87,157 USD
Dominica  5 72,000 USD
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  5 83,730 USD
Fiji  5 87,300 USD
Kazakhstan  5 106,216 USD
Afghanistan  5 225,200 USD
Iraq  5 90,964 USD
Mongolia  5 120,900 USD
Sudan  4 103,900 USD
Norway  4 80,000 USD
Tajikistan  4 100,508 USD
Serbia  4 59,440 USD
Uruguay  4 52,000 USD
Congo  4 69,000 USD
Zambia  4 34,910 USD
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  4 54,526 USD
Armenia  4 72,220 USD
Grenada  4 74,798 USD
Romania  4 35,679 USD
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)  4 59,579 USD
Austria  4 95,000 USD
Seychelles  4 104,150 USD
Vanuatu  3 69,716 USD
Saint Kitts and Nevis  3 27,000 USD
Marshall Islands  3 90,000 USD
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3 59,960 USD
Malaysia  3 32,675 USD
Botswana  3 70,549 USD
Cape Verde  3 70,000 USD
Spain  3 28,500 USD
Belarus  3 33,912 USD
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  3 12,995 USD
New Zealand  3 29,000 USD
Samoa  3 40,000 USD
Jamaica  2 14,850 USD
Namibia  2 38,000 USD
Mauritius  2 31,487 USD
Israel  2 30,000 USD
Belgium  2 5,000 USD
Bahrain  2 56,500 USD
Togo  2 45,548 USD
Azerbaijan  2 29,900 USD
Papua New Guinea  2 45,000 USD
Germany  2 25,000 USD
Australia  2 50,000 USD
Belize  1 9,700 USD
Eritrea  1 9,966 USD
Sweden  1 10,000 USD
Suriname  1 19,500 USD
Rwanda  1 20,000 USD
Denmark  1 5,000 USD
Finland  1 10,000 USD
Saudi Arabia  1 30,000 USD
Palau  1 29,500 USD
Estonia  1 28,000 USD
Maldives  1 5,245 USD
Solomon Islands  1 26,350 USD
Czech Republic  1 50,000 USD
Qatar  1 30,000 USD
Guinea-Bissau  1 23,712 USD
Bhutan  1 2,830 USD
France  1 15,000 USD
Angola  1 30,000 USD
Kiribati  1 20,000 USD
Saint Lucia  1 19,950 USD
Comoros  1 19,990 USD
Total 1827 37,668,148 USD

Number of Requests and amount approved by types and year

Year Number of Requests Number of approbations Amount approved Preparatory Conservation Emergency
1 2 2 25,598 USD 0 USD (0) 25,598 USD (2) 0 USD (0)
1978 1 1 2,500 USD 2,500 USD (1) 0 USD (0) 0 USD (0)
1979 18 19 256,716 USD 65,838 USD (13) 110,168 USD (4) 80,710 USD (2)
1980 8 8 257,353 USD 8,144 USD (1) 236,209 USD (6) 13,000 USD (1)
1981 49 49 1,025,832 USD 27,928 USD (3) 819,833 USD (42) 178,071 USD (4)
1982 40 40 784,955 USD 16,400 USD (4) 768,555 USD (36) 0 USD (0)
1983 37 37 434,095 USD 27,871 USD (5) 368,379 USD (31) 37,845 USD (1)
1984 25 25 164,797 USD 18,962 USD (6) 145,835 USD (19) 0 USD (0)
1985 35 35 322,042 USD 16,655 USD (3) 294,887 USD (31) 10,500 USD (1)
1986 41 41 440,192 USD 37,937 USD (5) 337,255 USD (33) 65,000 USD (3)
1987 55 55 655,870 USD 58,700 USD (7) 567,170 USD (47) 30,000 USD (1)
1988 78 78 1,164,953 USD 81,882 USD (9) 993,071 USD (67) 90,000 USD (2)
1989 62 62 1,016,374 USD 71,545 USD (7) 886,608 USD (52) 58,221 USD (3)
1990 65 65 981,321 USD 148,032 USD (18) 774,950 USD (42) 58,339 USD (5)
1991 44 44 748,991 USD 71,741 USD (9) 661,270 USD (33) 15,980 USD (2)
1992 21 21 319,925 USD 72,200 USD (6) 208,725 USD (13) 39,000 USD (2)
1993 41 41 1,011,958 USD 56,280 USD (5) 759,678 USD (28) 196,000 USD (8)
1994 64 64 1,384,837 USD 131,900 USD (12) 776,527 USD (40) 476,410 USD (12)
1995 40 40 1,061,816 USD 135,579 USD (8) 747,172 USD (24) 179,065 USD (8)
1996 88 88 1,935,686 USD 205,592 USD (19) 1,575,094 USD (65) 155,000 USD (4)
1997 60 60 1,353,077 USD 138,880 USD (15) 1,017,197 USD (41) 197,000 USD (4)
1998 149 149 3,121,567 USD 338,098 USD (23) 2,037,019 USD (109) 746,450 USD (17)
1999 142 142 3,308,971 USD 300,000 USD (22) 2,314,442 USD (107) 694,529 USD (13)
2000 119 119 2,926,855 USD 315,495 USD (15) 2,107,578 USD (92) 503,782 USD (12)
2001 124 125 2,656,368 USD 359,505 USD (20) 1,811,848 USD (97) 485,015 USD (8)
2002 111 111 2,837,028 USD 358,654 USD (21) 1,689,108 USD (75) 789,266 USD (15)
2003 107 107 2,357,440 USD 428,691 USD (24) 1,372,525 USD (74) 556,224 USD (9)
2004 64 65 1,308,447 USD 361,688 USD (21) 764,279 USD (39) 182,480 USD (5)
2005 41 41 945,304 USD 304,705 USD (14) 573,999 USD (26) 66,600 USD (1)
2006 20 20 619,894 USD 265,268 USD (9) 242,065 USD (9) 112,561 USD (2)
2007 40 40 1,121,543 USD 475,915 USD (17) 583,628 USD (22) 62,000 USD (1)
2008 15 15 442,654 USD 138,712 USD (6) 148,942 USD (6) 155,000 USD (3)
2009 21 23 673,189 USD 80,200 USD (3) 363,071 USD (16) 229,918 USD (4)
Total 1826 1832 37,668,148 USD 5,121,497 USD (351) 26,082,685 USD (1328) 6,463,966 USD (153)