Revisions statement: Statistics on International Development final UK ODA spend 2023
Updated 27 June 2025
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June 2025
An error has been identified in Table A8 (UK ODA by multilateral organisation) which has in turn led to an error in Tables A9 and A10 (Imputed multilateral shares), published within the ‘Additional Tables’ file. Some revisions implemented in April 2025 were accidentally omitted from Table A8.
Additionally, when Tables A9 and A10 were updated on 10 June 2025 to incorporate newly available data, an older version of the ‘Additional Tables’ file was mistakenly uploaded onto the webpage. Therefore, we have replaced the whole file with the correct version.
We will review the production processes for this release and take steps to further improve the quality of our processes for producing ODA statistics.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this error. Contact statistics@fcdo.gov.uk if you have questions. View our revisions policy.
April 2025
On 3 April 2025, the Statistics on International Development (SID): Final ODA Spend 2023 publication was updated to take account of a set of revisions for 2023 Official Development Assistance (ODA).
These revisions are minor, and the trends reported in the SID: Final ODA Spend 2023 publication are unaffected. They were prompted by a quality assurance exercise carried out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which took place after publication. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
The overall effect of these revisions on total UK ODA is a reduction of £97,324.70 (0.001 per cent). The revised figure for total UK ODA in 2022 is £ 15,344,070,178; the ODA:GNI ratio continues to be 0.58 per cent.
All affected accompanying tables and underlying data have been updated (revisions in the tables have been marked with [R]).
Revisions
Specific revisions which have affected the value of total ODA or are reported below:
| Department | Donor project number | Old ODA value (£) | New ODA value (£) | Reason for revision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKISF | CSSF ECA INT 23014 | 97,324.70 | 0 | Re-assessed to be not ODA eligible |
The following corrections amended the benefitting country for 3 projects:
| Department | Donor project number | Old ODA value (£) | New ODA value (£) | Reason for revision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCDO | 300888-101 | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | Corrected from “Mozambique” to “Developing countries, unspecified” |
| FCDO | 301196-101 | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 | Corrected from “Developing countries, unspecified” to “Ethiopia” |
| FCDO | GB-GOV-3-BC-UR-23 | 90,500 | 90,500 | Corrected from “Ukraine” to “Developing countries, unspecified” |
There have been minor revisions to some other variables which do not affect the value of total ODA but which may have led to small changes between categories for some figures within the tables. These have been updated in the 2023 underlying data and affected table cells have been marked with [R]. The variables affected are:
- ‘type of aid’ codes
- bilateral/multilateral markers
- channel codes
- sector codes
Table 4 of the SID 2023 Tables has been corrected as the previous version was incorrectly showing 2018 figures for 2019 and 2021 figures for 2022.