The French public budget › Public development aid · State · 2026
Economic and financial development aid
Multilateral economic and financial aid, bilateral economic and financial aid, debt treatment for poor countries: the 2nd largest of the 4 parts of “Public development aid”.
1.2bn€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 20241.9bn€
Spent in 20251.5bn€
Voted for 20261.2bn€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Multilateral economic and financial aid60%1.0bn€
Bilateral economic and financial aid37%637M€
Debt treatment for poor countries3%53M€
Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.