The 2018 Aid Transparency Index

The Aid Transparency Index is the only independent measure of aid transparency among the world’s major development agencies. In 2018, it assesses 45 agencies. It is researched and produced by Publish What You Fund.

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AsDB
UNDP
UK-DFID
AfDB
US-MCC
World Bank-IDA
IADB
Canada-Global Affairs
UNICEF
EC-ECHO
EC-NEAR
GAVI
Global Fund
Sweden-Sida
Netherlands-MFA
US-USAID
EC-DEVCO
Belgium-DGD
US-PEPFAR
Germany-BMZ-GIZ
US-State
Germany-BMZ-KFW
Australia-DFAT
EBRD
EIB
Finland-MFA
World Bank-IFC
Switzerland-SDC
Denmark-MFA
US-Defense
Gates Foundation
France-AFD
France-MEAE
Italy-AICS
Norway-MFA
Ireland-Irish Aid
Japan-JICA
Korea-KOICA
Spain-AECID
UK-FCO
UN OCHA
New Zealand-MFAT
Japan-MOFA
UAE-MOFAIC
China-MOFCOM
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Compare Rank Name Score Organisational planning and commitments / 15 Finance and budgets / 25 Project attributes / 20 Joining-up development data / 20 Performance / 20 Category
1 AsDB
98.6 / 100
14.3 24.7 20.0 19.9 19.4 98.64341672988532 Very good
2 UNDP
95.4 / 100
14.3 23.9 19.8 19.1 18.2 95.48009968242988 Very good
3 UK-DFID
90.9 / 100
14.6 22.6 17.4 18.5 17.7 90.93241589246372 Very good
4 AfDB
88.4 / 100
13.7 21.5 19.8 17.6 15.7 88.42649701988086 Very good
5 US-MCC
87.0 / 100
13.4 20.3 18.9 18.6 15.6 87.04563641931468 Very good
6 World Bank-IDA
86.0 / 100
13.7 18.4 18.5 18.9 16.3 86.09875965236078 Very good
7 IADB
83.4 / 100
11.8 18.6 18.5 18.5 15.8 83.47838007564648 Very good
8 Canada-Global Affairs
79.6 / 100
13.6 17.6 18.7 19.5 9.9 79.65586582504494 Good
9 UNICEF
78.1 / 100
13.7 20.5 17.5 17.4 8.7 78.14470023888695 Good
10 EC-ECHO
77.5 / 100
14.0 19.8 19.0 17.0 7.5 77.56183400208178 Good
11 EC-NEAR
76.4 / 100
12.8 21.1 18.5 15.4 8.5 76.46641365635105 Good
12 GAVI
75.2 / 100
10.6 22.3 19.4 16.4 6.3 75.26426203113279 Good
13 Global Fund
74.5 / 100
6.5 22.3 16.1 19.5 9.9 74.546619851845 Good
14 Sweden-Sida
71.2 / 100
11.2 16.2 17.5 16.9 9.1 71.22050830330694 Good
15 Netherlands-MFA
70.1 / 100
12.9 17.0 18.1 17.0 4.9 70.14349832132979 Good
16 US-USAID
68.7 / 100
13.7 11.5 17.4 17.5 8.5 68.78521378953613 Good
17 EC-DEVCO
65.8 / 100
13.7 19.2 17.5 12.8 2.5 65.87408621674531 Good
18 Belgium-DGD
63.4 / 100
7.8 14.8 15.6 17.0 7.9 63.41899034540346 Good
19 US-PEPFAR
63.4 / 100
12.3 17.5 17.2 16.2 0.0 63.400309152568596 Good
20 Germany-BMZ-GIZ
60.8 / 100
9.9 16.9 16.4 17.4 0.0 60.898223799416385 Good
21 US-State
58.2 / 100
12.4 13.4 14.7 17.4 0.0 58.25448268875121 Fair
22 Germany-BMZ-KFW
57.6 / 100
9.9 16.4 15.4 15.8 0.0 57.68100607195875 Fair
23 Australia-DFAT
57.3 / 100
7.8 16.3 15.6 17.4 0.0 57.379405100861156 Fair
24 EBRD
57.0 / 100
10.6 11.5 16.2 13.7 5.0 57.09838401581989 Fair
25 EIB
57.0 / 100
10.9 11.0 15.1 14.9 5.0 57.08576180998391 Fair
26 Finland-MFA
54.1 / 100
12.1 16.3 13.1 12.3 0.0 54.14210715477958 Fair
27 World Bank-IFC
52.0 / 100
12.9 5.4 15.3 13.3 5.0 52.084837463429544 Fair
28 Switzerland-SDC
50.9 / 100
10.3 11.6 13.9 12.4 2.5 50.90336546118661 Fair
29 Denmark-MFA
49.2 / 100
9.0 14.4 12.0 13.7 0.0 49.253339914492784 Fair
30 US-Defense
48.6 / 100
8.7 7.7 15.1 17.0 0.0 48.6892670804878 Fair
31 Gates Foundation
47.3 / 100
9.3 12.6 12.3 10.4 2.5 47.31905058823529 Fair
32 France-AFD
46.4 / 100
7.0 5.9 16.0 12.6 4.7 46.45855073965183 Fair
33 France-MEAE
45.9 / 100
6.8 7.4 18.2 13.3 0.0 45.9338335271684 Fair
34 Italy-AICS
45.5 / 100
4.6 10.2 13.9 12.6 4.0 45.571705216678424 Fair
35 Norway-MFA
43.3 / 100
6.8 9.9 13.8 12.6 0.0 43.32981219885698 Fair
36 Ireland-Irish Aid
41.9 / 100
12.2 7.5 11.7 10.4 0.0 41.985538514513415 Fair
37 Japan-JICA
38.8 / 100
9.3 4.8 11.9 12.6 0.0 38.804608270928114 Poor
38 Korea-KOICA
36.9 / 100
8.1 7.2 9.9 9.1 2.5 36.95046520958545 Poor
39 Spain-AECID
35.0 / 100
8.0 4.0 13.3 9.5 0.0 35.09427517465987 Poor
40 UK-FCO
34.3 / 100
8.4 4.5 11.3 9.9 0.0 34.31742575654269 Poor
41 UN OCHA
32.7 / 100
5.6 4.3 14.8 2.8 5.0 32.716830095579105 Poor
42 New Zealand-MFAT
31.0 / 100
6.5 4.7 9.7 10.0 0.0 31.071064704923852 Poor
43 Japan-MOFA
10.2 / 100
3.7 1.1 0.6 2.2 2.5 10.249409167 Very poor
44 UAE-MOFAIC
1.8 / 100
1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.875 Very poor
45 China-MOFCOM
1.2 / 100
1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2498749999999998 Very poor