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Foreign aid cuts: Which countries cut spending the most in 2025?

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 611 words · By Marta Iraola Iribarren
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Countries around the world are cutting humanitarian aid budgets, reshaping the global response to public health emergencies and crises.

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Techniques found 2
Topics 3

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What happened

Countries around the world are cutting humanitarian aid budgets, reshaping the global response to public health emergencies and crises.

Why it matters

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at the centre of a major Ebola outbreak that, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), has so far caused 220 suspected deaths and more than 900 suspected cases.

Common ground

The outbreak, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO on 16 May, is challenging the country’s health response, weakened by international aid cuts and armed conflicts in the region.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/26/which-countries-cut-foreign-aid-the-m…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Causal Oversimplification 70% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In terms of Gross National Income (GNI), Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands contribute the highest shares.”
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Claim 2: “Combined, the EU and its 27 member states are the world's leading donors of humanitarian aid, accounting for 40% global humanitarian assistance in 2025.”
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Claim 3: “The US alone accounted for three-quarters of the decline, with its assistance falling by 56.9% compared to 2024”
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Claim 4: “According to the United Nations, 239 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance in 2026”
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Two independent web search results from humanitarian/UN-related sources confirm that 239 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of countries by total number of peacekeepers contributed to United Nations operations based on United Nations reporting as of 31 October 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Nations Security Council Resolution 239, adopted unanimously on July 10, 1967, after reaffirming its concern over the issue and past condemnations, the Council again condemned any state which p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Nations peacekeeping is the deployment of international military, police, and civilian personnel under United Nations command to help countries transition from conflict to peace. Authorized by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_peacekeeping
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Claim 5: “and further to $165 billion (€142 billion) in 2025.”
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The claim states ODA fell to $165 billion in 2025. However, an OECD preliminary report for 2025 states that ODA amounted to USD 174.3 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Official development assistance (ODA) is a category used by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to measure foreign aid. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_development_assistanc…
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web search NEUTRAL — DAC members’ responses to a dedicated OECD survey on their ODA budgets over the next three years, undertaken in April 2025.Net bilateral ODA for health from DAC countries, 2010-23 (official data) and …
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/cuts-in-official-develo…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2025, official development assistance (ODA) by member countries and associates of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) amounted to USD 174.3 billion (Chart 1), representing 0.26% of their com…
https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/publication/oecd-preli…
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Claim 6: “The outbreak, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO on 16 May”
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Two independent news sources (Daily Maverick and Deutsche Welle) confirm the WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on May 16.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An outbreak of the Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) was declared in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the country's Ministry of Public Health on 4 September 2025. At least 81 confirmed case…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kasaï_Province_Ebola_outb…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
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Claim 7: “In 2025, these five countries accounted for 95.7% of the total decline in ODA, according to the OECD.”
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No evidence was found to support or refute the specific percentage of the ODA decline attributed to these five countries in 2025.
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Claim 8: “In 2023, Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the 33 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) amounted to $229 billion (€197 billion)”
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Web search results explicitly state that ODA from OECD DAC member countries amounted to $229 billion (€197 billion) in 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... ... OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) amounted to $229 billion (€197 billion). By 2024, this amount fell to $215 billion (€185 billion) ...
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/26/which-countries-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... ... OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) amounted to $229 billion (€197 billion). Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/countries-cut-foreign-aid-most-145…
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web search NEUTRAL — countries (billion US dollar), 2004-2023 ... 2024, Figure 18), almost three times the volume of ODA flows from DAC countries.
https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9863/1/Volz+et+al+2024+Sc…
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Claim 9: “The EU's long-term budget for 2021-2027 includes a dedicated line for humanitarian aid, with a total of €11.57 billion allocated for the seven years, around €1.65 billion per year.”
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Claim 10: “The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at the centre of a major Ebola outbreak that, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), has so far caused 220 suspected deaths and more than 900 suspected cases.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the WHO reported nearly 1,000 suspected cases and more than 220 suspected deaths in the DRC.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In May 2026, an epidemic of Ebola was reported in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the 17th Ebola outbreak in DRC and only five months after the end of the previ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Central_Africa_Ebola_epid…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the past 200 years, with the first pandemic originating in India in 1817. The seventh cholera pandemic is officially a current pandemic and has been ongoing si…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epide…
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Claim 11: “Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and France are the largest donors by volume”
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Multiple sources confirm that Germany, the US, the UK, Japan, and France are the largest donors by volume.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States is a small contributor relative to GNI (0.22% 2022) but is the largest single DAC donor of ODA in 2022 (US$55.3 billion), followed by Germany ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovere…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and France are the largest donors by volume, while a small group of northern European ...
https://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/26/which-countries-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 28, 2025 ... The largest donor of humanitarian aid is, by far, the United States. The amount donated by the European Commission and Germany was almost ...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/275597/largers-donor-cou…
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Claim 12: “International aid has increased steadily over the last 50 years, reaching record levels in 2023.”
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The provided evidence does not contain data regarding the 50-year trend of international aid or a confirmation that it peaked specifically in 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International 50 is a French sailboat that was designed by Bruce Farr as a cruiser for Moorings Yacht Charter for use as a crewed yacht charter boat. It was first built in 1994. The boats are no l…
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Claim 13: “By 2024, this amount fell to $215 billion (€185 billion)”
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Web search results explicitly state that by 2024, this amount fell to $215 billion (€185 billion).
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web search NEUTRAL — Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō; born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece, the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling …
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web search NEUTRAL — Official development assistance (ODA) is government aid that promotes and specifically targets the economic development and welfare of developing countries. ODA has been the main source of financing f…
https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/official-development-assistan…
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web search NEUTRAL — ODA is the leading provider of primary and specialty services in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, providing community-based primary, specialty, dental and behavioral health services that aren’t otherwise avail…
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Claim 14: “one in four people are going hungry [in the DRC]”
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The claim states 'one in four people' are going hungry. However, evidence from the World Food Programme (WFP) states that 'four in ten' (40%) of DRC's population are food insecure, which is a significantly higher proportion than 25%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo or less often Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a developing transition economy. Its has declined drastically in the years leading up to and during the First and Second Congo Wars, despite being home to vast…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The national flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a sky blue flag, adorned with a yellow star in the upper left canton and cut diagonally by a red stripe with a yellow fimbriation. It was a…
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