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Foreign Aid Report 2022

The 2022 disbursements to Africa were extensively Northern Africa received 21% of the UAE’s total
focused on 28 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) aid designated for the African continent. The aid
in the continent, receiving 80% of the aid. Another to this region reached AED 472.8 million (USD
19% was allocated to 12 Lower-middle Income 128.7 million) in 2022. Egypt was the predominant
Countries (LMICs). Additionally, four Small recipient, securing nearly half of the UAE’s foreign
Island Developing States (SIDS) on the continent aid allocated for Northern Africa. Meanwhile,
received funding worth AED 28.2 million (USD 7.7 Sudan and Morocco also significantly benefited,
million). garnering 29% and 13% of the UAE’s aid to the
region, respectively.
Eastern Africa saw more than double the UAE’s
foreign aid support in 2022, accounting for 51% Six countries in Middle Africa received AED 20.3
of the total, making it the UAE’s most supported million (USD 5.5 million) in foreign aid funding
region in Africa in 2022. With disbursements from the UAE in 2022. Chad stood out as the
reaching AED 1.13 billion (USD 307.2 million), this principal recipient, followed by DR Congo.
considerable upswing was largely attributed to a
tenfold increase in contributions to both Ethiopia In terms of the sectors of assistance, UAE funding
and South Sudan, and a 60% increase in aid to in 2022 to Africa was distributed across three main
Somalia, compared to the previous year. sectors: social services, health, and commodity
aid, with disbursements accounting for nearly
Western Africa was allocated 26%, amounting 70% of the total. Moreover, projects directed
to AED 579.0 million (USD 157.6 million), of towards water and road transport infrastructure
the UAE’s foreign assistance to Africa in 2022. received 9% of total aid to Africa in 2022.
Senegal emerged as the most significant recipient,
and together with Mauritania, Liberia, and Niger,
these four nations accounted for 65% of the total
UAE foreign assistance funding to this region in
2022.