Interesting U.S. foreign aid statistics.

Do you know which countries are the largest beneficiaries of charitable giving for the years of 1999 through 2006 by the United States? You may be surprised. The below statistics are courtesy of the Heritage Foundation ( http://www.heritage.org/ ).

• Number 1 is Iraq. They have received 31.54 billion dollars. An interesting fact is that on United Nations issues Iraq voted on the same side of issues as the United States only 7.9% of the time. I will provide the same statistics below in an abbreviated format.
• Number 2 is Israel. 26.49 Billion. 90.6% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 3 is Egypt. 16.77 Billion. 12.6% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 4 is Afghanistan. 10.62 Billion. 11.0% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 5 is Russia. 8.35 Billion. 23.1% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 6 is Colombia. 6.38 Billion. 19.2% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 7 is Jordan. 5.44 Billion. 14.1% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 8 is Pakistan. 4.39 Billion. 14.1% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 9 is Sudan. 3.11 Billion. 13.5% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.
• Number 10 is Ethiopia. 3.09 Billion. 18.8% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S.

Total for the top 10 countries. 116.18 Billion. 22.5% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S. The aggregate for countries ranked 21-30. 10.12 Billion. 23.4% of the time voted on the same side of issues as the U.S. Isn’t it interesting that the countries receiving 116.18 billion dollars voted on the same side of issues less than those countries receiving 10.12 billion dollars. Think about it. It appears the United States is giving foreign aid to countries not based on their political bias, but on the needs of their citizens.

Draw your own conclusions and let me know your comments. Datadiver 11-28-2008