The chart gives information about the amount of aid allocated from six developed countries to developing countries between 2008 and 2010.
Overall, it can be seen that the USA was the major contributor throughout the period given, while the Netherlands and Sweden consistently donated the lowest amounts of money. Notably, there was an upward trend in the aid of all countries, except for Japan and Sweden.
In terms of the highest aid, the USA’s contributions were by far the largest, standing at slightly above 20 billion dollars in 2008, at which point they declined slightly. Nevertheless, its aid hit a peak of 25 billion in the final year, being five times more than that of Sweden.
As for Germany and Japan, they donated the same amount of money at the beginning of the period (just above 10 billion dollars). However, subsequently Japan’s aid dipped, while Germany’s peaked at about 12 billion in 2010. By comparison, the UK’s contributions initially were lower, yet later they saw a significant rise and surpassed Germany’s aid at the end of the timeframe.
Although the Netherlands’ and Sweden’s donations were on the same level in 2008, accounting for slightly above 5 billion dollars, the former grew slightly to about 8 billion by 2010. In contrast, Sweden’s aid dropped to 5 billion, which is the lowest amount of aid recorded throughout the period given.