Trade & Finance · Glossary
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
DT.ODA.ODAT.GN.ZS
Definition
Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent).
Methodology for Trade & Finance indicators
Trade and finance indicators are sourced from customs declarations, balance-of-payments statistics, and central bank reporting. Exports and imports are usually reported FOB (free on board) for exports and CIF (cost, insurance, freight) for imports, which means global exports and global imports rarely sum to zero. Foreign direct investment data can be volatile year-over-year because of one-off cross-border acquisitions.
How to interpret
- Always check the unit and reporting year before comparing values across countries.
- NULL or "Not available" means the World Bank did not publish a value — we never estimate.
- Year-over-year changes can be driven by methodology updates, not just real economic shifts.
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- Merchandise exports (current US$)
- Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)