1 Taking inflation into account, official development assistance (ODA) from developed countries increased by 66% between 2000 and 2014.
2 ODA stood at $134.8bn (£86.3bn) in 2013, the highest level recorded.
3 In 2014, 17 out of 28 wealthy countries belonging to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) increased their allocations to ODA. Aid has also increased from non-DAC countries; Turkey increased its net ODA by 30% in real terms, and Estonia and Russia by more than 20% compared with 2012.
4 Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden continued to exceed the UN aid target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI).
5 In 2014, the UK met the ODA target of 0.7% of GNI for the first time.
6 In 2013, the United Arab Emirates’ net aid reached 1.25% of GNI, the highest ratio of any country.
7 Globally, the proportion of the population covered by a 2G mobile network rose from 58% in 2001 to 95% in 2015.
8 Internet use has grown from just over 6% of the world’s population in 2000, to 43% in 2015.
9 Two-thirds of the world’s internet users are in developing countries, where the number of users doubled in just five years, between 2009 and 2014.
10 In Africa, almost 20% of the population are online, up from 10% in 2010.
11 18 million people in Afghanistan had access to a phone in 2012, up from just 57,000 functioning phone lines in 2002.
12 In 2012, 80% of exports from developing countries entered developed countries duty-free.
13 Developing countries’ external debt as a proportion of export revenue dropped from 12% in 2000 to 3.1% in 2012.
14 Out of 39 countries eligible for debt relief under the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative, 35 countries have reached their “completion point” and are receiving full debt relief under the multilateral debt relief initiative.
15 In 2011–12, out of a total of $98.8bn (£63.3) of aid allocated for specific sectors, $23.5bn was focused on the achievement of the goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
