The French public budget › Public development aid · State · 2026
Solidarity with developing countries
Bilateral cooperation, multilateral cooperation, european Community cooperation: the largest of the 4 parts of “Public development aid”.
1.5bn€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 20242.8bn€
Spent in 20251.9bn€
Voted for 20261.5bn€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Bilateral cooperation70%1.7bn€
Multilateral cooperation24%571M€
European Community cooperation6%144M€
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) ↗.