Welcome to the Pacific Aid Map
This interactive database tracks and maps aid and development finance flows from the international community to the Pacific Islands region. The research covers Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, with complete data from 2008 to 2022.
The goal of this research project is to improve aid efficiency in the Pacific Islands region through better transparency and coordination of development efforts.
Pacific Island states face complex and interconnected development challenges, shaped by their geography, remoteness, and extreme climate vulnerability. These factors have constrained economic growth, impeded efforts to raise living standards, and weighed heavily on human development across the region.
Per capita income in the Pacific is growing slower than in most other developing regions
Recognition of the region’s multifaceted development and economic challenges has meant foreign assistance plays a larger role in the Pacific Islands than in any other developing region.
Increasing donor involvement — driven by both the recognition of the Pacific’s development needs and by intensifying geopolitical competition — has led to an ever more crowded development landscape.
However, this surge in support, coupled with poor coordination, is straining the region’s small administrations, stretching resources even further.
The Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map is the most comprehensive database of official development finance (ODF) to the Pacific, capturing 97 donors and partners, tens of thousands of projects, 13 million datapoints, and more than $50 billion in spending.
The Pacific Aid Map provides a variety of tools to allow users to make the most of the database, including an interactive map, charts and key indicator dashboards, profiles of each Pacific Islands country, and free download of the complete dataset with detailed project-level information.