Finland´s development assistance drops in 2025

Finland’s official development assistance (ODA) totalled EUR 1251 million in 2025, which was EUR 51 million lower comparted to the amount in 2024, said the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a press release on Friday.

In percentage terms, Finland’s ODA expenditure fell by 3.9 per cent from 2024.

Finland’s exclusive ODA budget item, administered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and appropriations under the item Humanitarian assistance to Ukraine totalled EUR 591 million, while Finland’s other ODA totalled EUR 661 million.

Other ODA include Finland’s share of the EU’s ODA budget and share of in-donor refugee costs.

The biggest changes from the previous year were evident in the exclusive ODA budget item, with disbursements decreasing by EUR 73 million.

Expenditure decreased evenly across the different forms of financing, excluding support for civil society organisations (CSOs). As regards other ODA, especially refugee reception costs saw a decline of EUR 49 million).

A significant share of Finland’s ODA in 2025 was channelled through the EU (EUR 316 million), the UN (EUR 254 million) and the World Bank Group (EUR 76 million).

The Finnish Government Programme prioritises aid channelled through Finnish CSOs (EUR 124 million) and humanitarian assistance (EUR 117 million), both of which accounted for a record‑high share of Finland’s development cooperation.

Ukraine remained by far Finland’s largest partner country for development cooperation, with EUR 60 million channelled to the country.

Most of this amount was financed from the budget item Humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. In addition to direct official development assistance, the in-donor refugee costs for Ukrainians were reported as Finland’s ODA.

The official development assistance (ODA) continued to decline in 2025 both globally and in Finland.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Thursday released preliminary data on official development assistance (ODA) in 2025 by member countries of the organisation’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

Globally, the total amount of ODA saw a record decline of 23.1 per cent in 2025, as several countries reduced their contributions.