Even though US gives the most money overall for development aid ($28.7B in 2009), it only gives 0.2% of it’s GNI—behind the UN target of 0.7%. That being said, the 2009 donation was up 5.4% from 2008 levels.
To look at foreign military assistance, a basic chart is helpful...
| Foreign Operations | 2009 Actual | 2010 Estimated | 2011 Request |
| Foreign Military Assistance | 6,231,500,000 | 4,195,000,000 | 5,473,348,000 |
| USAID | 1,257,959,000 | 1,650,300,000 | 1,695,506,000 |
| MCC | 875,000,000 | 1,105,000,000 | 1,279,700,000 |
It should be noted, that Department of Defense requests for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund is completely separate, and the FY2011 request for that line item was $11B.
As I mentioned yesterday, U.S. military spending is 4% of GDP.
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