Gulf states
Four providers, read as one: the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, which report their aid to the OECD although none sits on its development committee.
- 6,010
- aid activities in Africa, 2018–2024: USD 29.94 bn committed, 1,159 loans
- USD 10,291 m
- of it for things that get built, 1,802 records over the seven years
- USD 21.80 bn
- owed to the Gulf-based funds (Arab Fund, OPEC Fund, Islamic Development Bank, BADEA) by 47 governments at the end of 2024
- USD 27,856 m
- owed to creditors in the Gulf states by 45 governments at the end of 2024, Egypt first; 99 power units with a Gulf owner in the map's layers
6,010 activities with an African recipient for 2018–2024, USD 29.94 bn committed, 1,159 of them loans, the Saudi Fund's and the Kuwait Fund's; by provider, Saudi Arabia USD 16,309 m, United Arab Emirates USD 8,748 m, Kuwait USD 4,298 m, Qatar USD 587 m. The largest purpose is General budget support-related aid, USD 14,406 m; Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia receive the most.
The ground footprint is the newest on this site. The map's power layer holds 99 units owned by ACWA Power, AMEA Power, Masdar, TAQA, Phanes, Al Nowais or Alcazar, solar and wind from Egypt and Morocco to South Africa, Uganda and Togo, most of them built in the last five years; 2 pipeline segments carry Aramco or a Gulf company; and 18 cables land in Africa with a Gulf carrier among the owners. None of the four reports an investment stock to the OECD. What African governments owe creditors in the four states is USD 27.86 bn at the end of 2024, USD 23.47 bn of it to the four governments, and USD 21.80 bn more to the Gulf-based development funds.
OECD CRS activities 2018–2024 and DAC2a net ODA 2010–2024, fetched 14 Oct 2026 · World Bank International Debt Statistics to 2024, release of 3 Dec 2025 · Global Energy Monitor and TeleGeography as on the map