In 2020, Luxembourg’s official development assistance (ODA) amounted to EUR 396.93 million, 1.03% of gross national income (GNI). Luxembourg is therefore still one of the small number of OECD members – alongside Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom – to have maintained its ODA at 0.7% of GNI or above.

Luxembourg development cooperation is firmly committed to the eradication of poverty, particularly in the least developed countries. Its actions are conceived in the spirit of sustainable development understood in its social, economic and environmental aspects - with men, women and children at its center. They are part of the implementation - by 2030 - of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In view of the growing number of crises, which are becoming longer and more and more complex, humanitarian aid needs across the world are continually increasing, and in addition, in 2020, the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened matters.

The coherence of Luxembourg development cooperation policies is reflected in the systematic consideration of certain subjects. In 2020, Luxembourg particularly focused on COVID-19, environment & climate change, gender and human rights, themes that have been introduced in all of its interventions. (TO VALIDATE)