How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts.

How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent

Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts.

A Ukrainian serviceman carries an artillery shell. Marko Djurica/Reuters

Six graphics illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine
in its war against Russian invaders.

Article by Jonathan Masters and Will

Merrow

Last updated July 10, 2023 9:00 am (EST)

Every year, the United States sends billions of

dollars in aid—and much more than any other country—to beneficiaries
around the world in pursuit of its security, economic, and humanitarian
interests.

Heading into 2022, U.S. foreign assistance was driven by various priorities of
the Biden administration, including combating climate change, responding
to the COVID-19 pandemic, and countering authoritarianism. But since
Russia’s invasion in February of that year, Ukraine has become far and away
the top recipient of U.S. foreign aid. It’s the first time that a European
country has held the top spot since the Harry S. Truman administration
directed vast sums into rebuilding the continent through the Marshall Plan
after World War II.

Since the war began, the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have
directed more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, which includes
humanitarian, financial, and military support, according to the Kiel Institute
for the World Economy, a German research institute. The historic sums are
helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees,
law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the
aid has been military-related. Dozens of other countries, including most
members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the
European Union, are also providing large aid packages to Ukraine.

Just How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent to Ukraine?

Bilateral aid to Ukraine between January 24, 2022, and May 31, 2023

Total: $76.8 billion

Humanitarian
$3.9 billion (5%)
Emergency food assistance, health care,
refugee support, and other humanitarian aid

Financial
$26.4 billion (34%)
Budgetary aid through the Economic Support
Fund, loans, and other financial support

Security assistance
$18.3 billion (24%)
Training, equipment, weapons, logistics
support, and other assistance provided
through the Ukraine Security Assistance
Initiative

Total military
$46.6 billion (61%)
Weapons and equipment
$23.5 billion (31%)
Weapons and equipment from Defense
Department stocks, provided through
presidential drawdowns

Grants and loans for weapons

and equipment
$4.7 billion (6%)
Grants and loans provided through the
Foreign Military Financing program

Note: Aid has primarily been provided through appropriations bills. This chart only covers
aid to Ukraine and so does not include all U.S. spending related to the war.

Source: Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Much of the aid has gone toward providing weapons systems, training, and
intelligence that Ukrainian commanders need to defend against Russia,
which has one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Many Western
analysts say the military aid provided by the United States and other allies
has played a pivotal role in Ukraine’s defense and counteroffensive against
Russia. U.S. and allied leaders consider Russia’s invasion a brutal and illegal
war of aggression on NATO’s frontier that, if successful, would subjugate
millions of Ukrainians; encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
revanchist aims; and invite similar aggression from other rival powers,
especially China.

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NATO allies are particularly wary of being pulled directly into the
hostilities, which would dramatically raise the risk of a nuclear war.
However, as the fighting has progressed, many donor governments have
shed their reluctance to give Ukraine more sophisticated assets, such as
battle tanks and modern fighter aircraft. In May 2023, the United States
indicated it would allow its European allies to provide Ukraine with U.S.-
made F-16s in the coming months.

Seventeen months into the war, the Biden administration had provided or
agreed to provide Ukraine with a long list of defense capabilities, including
Abrams battle tanks, anti-aircraft missiles, coastal defense ships, and
advanced surveillance and radar systems. In July, the Biden administration
sparked some controversy in agreeing to supply Ukraine with cluster
munitions, which are banned by most countries because of the risk their
undetonated components can pose to civilians many years after their use.

How Ukraine Is Tapping the U.S. Arsenal

U.S. security assistance between January 20, 2020, and June 27, 2023

Air defense
Infantry arms and equipment 1 Patriot air defense battery and munitions
10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems 8 NASAM systems
70,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions 20 Avenger air defense systems
1,700 Stinger anti-aircraft systems HAWK air defense systems and munitions
4,000 TOW missiles Laser-guided rocket systems
35,000 grenade launchers and small arms, RIM-7 missiles
with ammunition Antiaircraft guns and ammunition
100,000 sets of body armor and helmets Equipment to integrate with and sustain
Thousands of night-vision devices, surveillance Ukraine’s systems
systems, thermal imagery systems, optics, and 9 anti-drone gun trucks and ammunition
laser rangefinders 10 anti-drone laser-guided rocket systems
C-4 and other explosives
Explosive-ordnance-disposal equipment
M18A1 Claymore mines
Anti-tank mines
Air-to-ground missiles
Mine-clearing equipment
High-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARMs)
Obstacle-emplacement equipment
Precision aerial munitions
Medical supplies
6,000 Zuni aircraft rockets (could function
Field equipment, cold-weather gear, generators, as air defense)
and spare parts
7,000 Hydra-70 aircraft rockets
Chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear protective equipment
18 armored bridging systems

Manned aircraft
20 Mi-17 helicopters

Artillery
160 155mm Howitzers and ammunition
72 105mm Howitzers and ammunition
47 120mm mortar systems Explosive and combat drones
10 82mm mortar systems Switchblade drones
67 81mm mortar systems Phoenix Ghost drones
58 60mm mortar systems ALTIUS-600 drones (can also be used for
203mm, 152mm, 130mm, 122mm, 120mm, and surveillance)
25mm ammunition Munitions
38 HIMAR systems
60,000 122mm Grad rockets
Precision-guided rockets
Rocket launchers and ammunition
Surveillance drones
ScanEagle drones
Puma drones

Tanks and armored carriers JUMP drones

CyberLux K8 drones
154 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
4 Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles
31 Abrams tanks
45 T-72B tanks (via the Czech Republic)
125 Stryker armored personnel carriers Coastal defense
300 M113 armored personnel carriers
2 Harpoon coastal defense systems
250 M1117 armored security vehicles
62 coastal and riverine patrol boats
200 armored medical-treatment vehicles
Unmanned coastal defense vessels
500 MRAP vehicles
Port and harbor security equipment
125mm, 120mm, and 105mm tank ammunition

Ground support vehicles

Radar and communications
2,000 Humvees
354 tactical vehicles 4 satellite communications antennas
100 light tactical vehicles 2 radars for unmanned aerial systems
68 trucks 21 air surveillance radars
124 trailers 70 counter-artillery and counter-
mortar radars
10 command post vehicles
20 multi-mission radars
30 ammunition support vehicles
Tactical secure communications systems
6 armored utility trucks
Counter air defense capability
8 logistics support vehicles
Counter–unmanned aerial systems
89 heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers
Electronic jamming equipment
SATCOM terminals and services

Satellite services
Commercial satellite imagery services Note: Some numbers are approximations.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense.

When compared with U.S. assistance to other top recipients, both in recent
years and in decades past, the extraordinary scale of this aid comes into
view.

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Ukraine Towers Over Other Recipients of U.S. Aid

Aid to Ukraine (military, financial, and humanitarian) compared with aid to top recipients in 2020

Ukraine (since invasion) $76.8B

Afghanistan $4B

Israel $3.3B

Jordan $2.6B

Egypt $1.5B

Ethiopia $1.2B

Iraq $1.2B

Note: Data for Ukraine and data for comparison countries are from different sources and the categories included may
differ.
Sources: U.S. Agency for International Development; Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World
Economy.

How U.S. Aid to Ukraine Compares Historically

Aid to Ukraine as a share of GDP (military, financial, and humanitarian) compared with aid to selected
recipients since 1960, when U.S. aid was highest

Ukraine (since invasion) 0.33%

Israel in 1979 0.18%

Latin America in 1964 0.15%

Pakistan in 1962 0.08%

Taiwan in 1960 0.08%

Note: Data for Ukraine and data for comparison countries are from different sources and the categories included may
differ.
Sources: U.S. Agency for International Development; Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World
Economy; World Bank.

However, the magnitude of U.S. aid to Ukraine might seem less remarkable
in comparison to what the Pentagon is budgeted each year, or what the
Treasury was authorized (via the Troubled Asset Relief Fund) to bail out
Wall Street banks, auto companies, and other sectors of the economy during
the U.S. financial crisis.

How Aid to Ukraine Compares to Other U.S. Spending

U.S. military budget in 2021 $801B

2008 Troubled Assets Relief Program
$700B
(TARP) bailout
Interest payment on federal debt in 2021 $475B

State of Virginia budget in 2023 $81B

Aid to Ukraine since Russian invasion $77B

NASA budget in 2022 $29B

Note: Years refer to fiscal years.

Sources: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; U.S. Treasury Department; Congressional Budget Office; Virginia
Legislative Information System; Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy;
USAspending.gov.

When compared with the critical support to Ukraine from other countries,
the size of U.S. aid stands out.

Forty-Seven Countries Have Provided Military Aid to Ukraine

Countries providing military aid to Ukraine as of July 2023

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Note: In some cases military aid only includes assistance with clearing landmines.

Sources: Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy; CFR research.

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U.S. Aid to Ukraine Far Exceeds That From Other Countries

Bilateral aid from the top 20 donor countries and EU institutions as of May 31, 2023

Military Financial Humanitarian

$0 $10B $20B $30B $40B $50B $60B $70B $80B

United States
EU institutions
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
Canada
Poland
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
France
Italy
Finland
Czech Republic
Austria
Spain
Slovakia
South Korea
Lithuania
Belgium

Note: Data source includes Australia, China, Iceland, India, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan,
Turkey, EU member states, and members of the Group of Seven (G7).

Source: Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

However, some European governments, such as Latvia and Estonia, are

making larger financial contributions to Ukraine relative to the size of their
own economies.

By Share of GDP, East European Countries Are Giving the Most to Ukraine
Bilateral aid as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) from the top 20 donor countries and EU
institutions as of May 31, 2023

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Source: Antezza et al., Ukraine Support Tracker, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Chelsea Padilla and Joseph Wehmeyer contributed research to this article.

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