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Statistics on International Development

Information about the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Accredited Official Statistics release: Statistics on International Development.

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
2 September 2020
Last updated
3018 JulySeptember 2025 — See all updates

Statistics on International Development (SID) focuses on the main international measure of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend.

SID is published twice a year: provisional ODA spend in the spring and final ODA spend in the autumn. The provisional SID publication is based on summary data with limited sector and geography breakdowns. The final SID publication is based on finalised data and provides detailed breakdowns including a project-level dataset.

The SID series are designated as Accredited Official Statistics.

Find all SID publications on the collection page.

You can provide feedback on FCDO statistics on the International Development Statistics User group.

Upcoming statistics releases

Latest statistics releases

These statistical releases cover data from 2017 onwards, with the most current data included in the most recent one.  You can also view the Statistics on International Development underlying data for 2009 to 2016.

The release timetable

FCDO makes every effort to release its Accredited Official Statistics as soon as possible and in an orderly manner, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics. Provisional ODA spend is published in the spring and final ODA spend is published in the autumn.

The timing of these releases is largely determined by:

  • the timetable for reporting UK ODA figures to the OECD
  • when the Office for National Statistics publish the latest GNI estimates
  • the timing for processing and quality assuring the spending data from FCDO, other government departments and other ODA contributors

Data, methods and quality

In 2023 the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, completed a short review of Statistics on International Development (SID) compliance against the Code of Practice for official statistics.

OSR confirmed that SID continues to be designated as National Statistics (now known as ‘Accredited Official Statistics’). OSR’s full findings, published on 22 August 2023, are on the OSR website. The findings of the previous compliance check, conducted in 2019, is also on OSR’s website.

Methods and guidance

Historic methodology reviews

Developments, improvements and user engagement

User engagement

FCDO is keen to engage with users of our Accredited Official Statistics on an ongoing basis to explore issues of interest to specialist users and gain valuable feedback used to improve our Accredited Official Statistics publications.

We engage through public consultations on the statistics, feedback surveys and we also have a statistics user group for receiving your ideas, feedback and comments. You can contribute to the user group on Stats User Net.

Archived statistics

You can find statistics published since May 2009 on GOV.UK. Our archived statistics are available from the National Archives

Updates to this page

Published 2 September 2020
Last updated 3018 JulySeptember 2025 + show all updates

  2. Statistics on International Development final UK ODA spend 2024 will be published on 18 September 2025.

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