Breakdown of ODA by intervention sector in 2024

The following table (ODA by sector) gives the breakdown by sector of all Luxembourg ODA expenditure. In 2024, Luxembourg Development Cooperation continued to focus on sectors in the category of infrastructure and social services, which made up 28.23% of total aid (and 40.05% of bilateral aid). Education, health, population/health and reproductive health policy, water distribution and sanitation, support for governance and civil society as well as infrastructure and various social services all fall within that category. The humanitarian aid category accounts for 17.42% of aid (22.24% of bilateral aid). The category of infrastructure and economic services made up 7.54% of aid (10.7% of bilateral aid), the two main sub-categories being
investment in the banks and financial services sector (inclusive finance) and the companies and other services sector’. Support for multi-sector and cross-cutting issues represented 2.99% of ODA (4.24% of bilateral aid). The production sector category accounted for 3.66% of ODA in 2024 (5.20% of bilateral aid), the majority of the aid being allocated to agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Finally, we should note that, under multilateral ODA, most of the investments (94.09%) cannot be allocated to a precise sector. This is due to the nature of multilateral aid, which is made of up direct contributions, both mandatory and voluntary, to the multilateral agencies’ general budgets.