The annual update of the “U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants”, informally known as the “Greenbook”, contains summary data of United States Government (USG) foreign assistance since 1945 and detailed annual data for the last four fiscal years. Foreign assistance is categorized as either economic assistance or military assistance. All obligations for foreign assistance, as defined by the Foreign Assistance Act, are included regardless of implementing mechanism (i.e. direct hires, contracts, grants, government-to-government). Other U.S. Government International Flows are also presented. The contents of each section are explained in further detail below.
Foreign assistance is reported by recipient country and organized by geographic region, without distinction between developed and developing countries. The report includes a world summary page, regional summary pages and individual country pages.
Any country which has received cumulative economic or military assistance over $500,000 since 1945 and is considered an “Independent State” by the U.S. Department of State merits an individual country page. Generally, country names are those officially designated by the U.S. Department of State. Specific information on country/region names and groupings can be found in the Country and Regional Notes in the back of the book.
From 2001 to the present, grant data represent net obligations and loan data represent net authorizations. Net obligations may be negative if deobligations are greater than obligations during the fiscal year. From 1955 through 2000, annual data represent total new grant obligations and loan authorizations in the given fiscal year. Prior to 1955, grant data represent net obligations and loan data represent net authorizations. Where obligations are not available, appropriations or disbursements are used. Historical data are updated and may not reconcile with past editions of the Greenbook. All data are reported in historical U.S. dollars. Columns and rows may not sum due to rounding. Values less than $50,000 are denoted as 0.0; a period (“.”) indicates no funding.
The accounts that make up each row of the country pages are listed below. All accounts are presented by funding agency, except for accounts funded by the Executive Office of the President, which are credited to the implementing agency.
For detailed annual data and dynamic visualizations, visit https://explorer.usaid.gov.
