Statistics on International Development 2014: UK Official Development Assistance

UK Department for International Development (DFID) published this annual report on the UK's international aid for 2014. It provides information on Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) and the final level of Official Development Assistance (ODA). The data was collected, compiled, and reported by DFID.

Use Cases

• Analyze UK Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) based on the reported financial statistics.
• Track the final level of UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) based on the annual report figures.
• Compare aid contributions from DFID and other UK government departments based on the expenditure breakdown.
• Study the deployment of UK financial resources to developing countries based on the described scope.

Strengths

• Report is published annually, suggesting a consistent time series.
• Data covers both DFID and other UK government department aid, providing a consolidated view.
• License is specified as OGL-UK-3.0, indicating open government terms.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department for International Development (DFID)

Collection Method

Collected, compiled, and reported by DFID as part of its official statistics.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:23.211395; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom (as donor), with coverage of recipient developing countries implied.