The bar chart illustrates the aid of development in six different types of countries (the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands and Sweden) over a 7-year period, starting in 2008. Units are measured by billions of dollars.
Overall, it can be observed that the US saw the maximum amount of development aid, whereas Sweden provided the minimum.
In detail, in 2008, the Netherlands and Sweden contributed around 6 billion dollars. Moreover, the next year, both countries’ contributions increased slowly to 8 and 7 billion dollars, but, in 2010, both countries declined to 7 and 6 billion dollars, respectively.
On the other hand, the US, Germany, the UK and Japan displayed 22, 10, 12 and 13 billion dollars in 2008. However, in 2009 Germany’s aid increased to 14 billion dollars, while the other three countries (the US, the UK, and Japan) experienced slight decreases by minimally and peaked at 20, 11 and 10 billion dollars. Additionally, the aid from all four countries increased slightly, except for the US, which boomed dramatically
