Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2023
Key Findings
Family planning totals are different from those reported last year due to updated data received after the 2023 report was published. Donor amounts do not exactly sum up to total amounts due to rounding.
The U.S. decline in its core contribution to UNFPA in 2023 was due to a one-time increase that occurred in the previous year. In 2022, the U.S. core contribution to UNFPA included the direct appropriation (US$30.6 million) provided by Congress as well as a one-time US$20 million contribution provided by the Biden administration through available funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2).
In 2023, the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) undertook an update of its family planning funding data including a move from reporting disbursements by fiscal year to calendar year. Updated data for the entire period were not at the time of publication. As such, U.K. totals for 2021-2023 are based on the calendar year; totals for 2012-2020 are still based on the U.K. fiscal year and will be updated in the next report (overall trends are not expected to change as a result of the forthcoming update). The 2021 and 2022 totals previously reported were considered preliminary estimates and have been revised. All U.K. totals are based on the revised-Muskoka methodology.
The assessment that total U.S. family planning funding was flat in 2023 compared to 2022 is based on the amounts specified by the U.S. Congress in annual appropriations bills. The family planning amounts specified by Congress were the same in 2022 and 2023. The U.S. family planning total for 2022 as presented in this report is slightly higher than 2023 due to a one-time additional contribution to UNFPA’s core resources provided by the Biden administration (see Multilateral section).
In most cases, donor governments provide funding data in their currency of origin, which are converted to U.S. dollars for this report (see Methods).
Report
In 2023, the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) undertook an update of its family planning funding data including a move from reporting disbursements by fiscal year to calendar year. Updated data for the entire period were not at the time of publication. As such, U.K. totals for 2021-2023 are based on the calendar year; totals for 2012-2020 are still based on the U.K. fiscal year and will be updated in the next report (overall trends are not expected to change as a result of the forthcoming update). The 2021 and 2022 totals previously reported were considered preliminary estimates and have been revised. All U.K. totals are based on the revised-Muskoka methodology.
The assessment that total U.S. family planning funding was flat in 2023 compared to 2022 is based on the amounts specified by the U.S. Congress in annual appropriations bills. The family planning amounts specified by Congress were the same in 2022 and 2023. The U.S. family planning total for 2022 as presented in this report is slightly higher than 2023 due to a one-time additional contribution to UNFPA’s core resources provided by the Biden administration (see Multilateral section).
“Other DAC Countries”, which includes: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland, is not listed under any assessment of increasing, decreasing, or remaining flat because there may be differences among the donor governments included.
In most cases, donor governments provide funding data in their currency of origin, which are converted to U.S. dollars for this report (see Methods).
“Other DAC Countries”, which includes: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland, is not listed under any assessment of increasing, decreasing, or remaining flat because there may be differences among the donor governments included.
The family planning share of UNFPA’s core resources is based on several sources including: expenditure totals as reported in UNFPA’s annual report; family planning expenditure totals as presented on UNFPA’s Programme Expenses Portal (see here), and direct communication with UNFPA (see Methods).
The U.S. decline in its core contribution to UNFPA in 2023 was due to a one-time increase that occurred in the previous year. In 2022, the U.S. core contribution to UNFPA included the direct appropriation (US$30.6 million) provided by Congress as well as a one-time US$20 million contribution provided by the Biden administration through available funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2).
“Other DAC Countries”, which includes: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, European Union, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Switzerland, is not listed under any assessment of increasing, decreasing, or remaining flat because there may be differences among the donor governments included.
UNFPA, “United Nations Population Fund, Statistical and financial review, 2023 - Annexes, Report of the Executive Director”; April, 2024.
UNFPA, Transparency Portal (see here); accessed November 2024.