A global study of the aid budgets of 28 industrialised nations has ranked the UK and Japan second and fourth, respectively, in terms of spend, The Daily Mail reported on 13 April.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—which works “to promote policies that will improve the economic and social wellbeing of people around the world”—found that, in 2015, the UK spent £12.2bn while Japan spent the equivalent of £6.1bn.
Meanwhile, the US was ranked first (£20.3bn), Germany third (£11.6bn), and France fifth (£6.0bn).