Pain points

In 2023, the United States spent $57.3 billion bilaterally on projects in low- and middle-income countries. So who’s going to bear the brunt of the U.S. foreign aid freeze?

If this funding were to cease, my colleague Alecsondra Kieren Si reports that the hardest-hit region would be Africa, which received $15.2 billion last year. Within Africa, the top recipients were Ethiopia, with $1.6 billion, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, with $1.2 billion.

Others would feel the pinch too. Check out our report for the rest.

Read: Which countries would be worst hit by the US aid freeze?