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The Books · Agencies · USAID

Agency for International Development

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 1 sub-agencies.

USAID awards and administers a large share of U.S. civilian foreign assistance. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$30.3B

Awarding agency USAID

Transactions

15,837

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.61%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays

—

No matching MTS agency line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Agency for International Development
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$30.3B
FFY 2023$38.0B
FFY 2022$36.1B
FFY 2021$23.3B
FFY 2018$17.1B
FFY 2017$16.7B
FFY 2016$15.9B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Agency for International Development
CategoryAmount
Other$12.9B
Grants$9.9B
Contracts$7.4B
IDVs$66.6M
Direct payments$25.6M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Agency for International Development
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID$30.3B15,837

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies