Disasters > Tsunami > Funds pledged per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Kuwait	$43.55	2005
2	Norway	$37.92	2005
3	Qatar	$30.44	2005
4	Luxembourg	$23.65	2005
5	Australia	$21.13	2005
6	Netherlands	$19.12	2005
7	Denmark	$14.21	2005
8	Finland	$12.45	2005
9	New Zealand	$11.61	2005
10	Canada	$10.68	2005
11	Sweden	$8.00	2005
12	Austria	$7.94	2005
13	Germany	$7.69	2005
14	France	$7.03	2005
15	Ireland	$6.28	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	$5.19	2005
16	United Arab Emirates	$4.82	2005
17	Japan	$3.91	2005
18	Switzerland	$3.90	2005
19	Belgium	$3.24	2005
20	United States	$3.05	2005
21	Italy	$2.37	2005
22	Bahrain	$2.27	2005
23	United Kingdom	$1.59	2005
24	Greece	$1.35	2005
25	Portugal	$1.23	2005
26	Saudi Arabia	$1.22	2005
27	Hong Kong	$0.94	2005
28	Czech Republic	$0.88	2005
29	Singapore	$0.73	2005
30	Cyprus	$0.36	2005
31	Libya	$0.36	2005
32	China	$0.05	2005
33	Poland	$0.03	2005
34	Spain	$0.02	2005
35	India	$0.02	2005
36	Bulgaria	$0.02	2005

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