Ukraine received one and a half times less humanitarian aid from the West in 2023 than it had a year earlier, according to journalists’ calculations based on data from the UN and donor governments.
While in 2022 Ukraine received $102.2bn for these purposes, in 2023 it received only $68.6bn.
The total amount of military aid also fell, but not so significantly – from $48.5bn in 2022 to $41.4bn in 2023. Washington became Ukraine’s largest donor in 2023 – it allocated a total of $44.6bn to yiv (against $40.4bn a year earlier). At the same time, the EU, which was the leading organisation in 2022 with the figure of $43.2bn (excluding aid packages that were transferred separately by the member states of the community), reduced the amount of support 18 times at once – to $2.4bn. The World Bank almost halved its support to Ukraine – from $18bn to $10bn.
In contrast, Japan increased its support for Ukraine from $1.4bn to $10.9bn, becoming the second country after the US in terms of the amount of funds sent. However, Tokyo did not provide military aid to Kyiv in 2023 – only humanitarian aid.
Germany expanded its support to Ukraine not so significantly – from $5.7bn to $6.3bn. The UK and Canada, on the contrary, reduced their support to Kyiv – from $5.4bn and $3.4bn in 2022 to $1bn and $1.3bn in 2023, respectively.
