Development Co‑operation Profiles: Czechia
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Czechia’s development co-operation focuses on reducing global poverty, fragility and inequality while promoting its national interests, such as strengthened security and economic diplomacy through stronger political, trade and investment relations. Czechia’s total official development assistance (ODA) (USD 435.5 million, preliminary data) decreased in 2025, representing 0.12% of gross national income (GNI).
This profile presents verified data on Czechia’s development assistance allocations. See the Development Co-operation Profiles.
The 2010 Act on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid provides the framework for Czechia’s development co-operation. The 2018-2030 Development Cooperation Strategy sets out five thematic priorities: 1) building stable and democratic institutions; 2) sustainable management of natural resources; 3) agriculture and rural development; 4) inclusive social development; and 5) economic growth. Czechia’s partner countries are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Zambia. Czechia puts a special emphasis on building partnerships across the public, private, civil and academic sectors.
Czechia seeks to advance its national priorities, particularly in the context of the European Union (EU), through which the bulk of its ODA is channelled. Czechia’s priorities within the broader EU development policy include stronger linkages and coherence between development co-operation and security-building measures, the development of international trade and investment, the prevention of forced displacement and irregular migration, disaster risk reduction, and climate adaptation.
The 2023 OECD-DAC Peer Review found that Czechia’s long-term 2018-2030 Development Cooperation Strategy ensures predictability and provides for flexibility. Czechia engages with the European Union and its members and identifies opportunities for building institutional learning processes. The review recommended that Czechia strengthen its institutional set-up to accelerate progress towards a more cohesive portfolio that explicitly addresses poverty and inequality and builds better partnerships with local civil society organisations (CSOs) and the private sector. The Peer Review found that Czechia had fully or partially implemented 15 of the 16 recommendations of the 2016 Peer Review.
Discover insights from Czechia’s 2023 Peer Review and 2019 mid-term review, and learn from Czechia’s practices in Development Co-operation Tools Insights Practices.
Czechia provided USD 435.5 million (preliminary data) of ODA in 2025 (USD 398 million in constant terms), representing 0.12% of GNI.1 This was a decrease of 28% in real terms in volume and a decrease in the share of GNI from 2024. The decrease was due to a decline in bilateral ODA, particularly in-donor refugee costs. Over the previous years, ODA had remained relatively stable, around 0.13% of GNI, until its peak to 0.38% of GNI in 2022 due to in-donor refugee costs. Czechia is not on track to meet its commitment to reach 0.33% of GNI by 2030 as part of the collective EU commitment to achieve a 0.7% ODA/GNI ratio by 2030. Total ODA on a grant-equivalent basis has the same value as net ODA under the cash-flow methodology used in the past as Czechia provides only grants.
In 2025, Czechia ranked 26th among Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members in terms of ODA volume and 32nd when ODA is taken as a share of GNI. In 2024, Czechia was among DAC members with the second highest share of in-donor refugee costs in total gross bilateral ODA (66%).
Czechia is committed to several international targets and DAC standards and recommendations. Learn more about DAC Recommendations.
Notes: This table only includes information about ODA data-related DAC recommendations. ODA: official development assistance; GNI: gross national income; DAC: Development Assistance Committee.
Czechia provided most of its ODA multilaterally in 2024. Gross bilateral ODA was 44.3% of total ODA disbursements. Of this, 8.4% was channelled through multilateral organisations (earmarked contributions).
In 2024, Czechia provided USD 327.9 million of gross ODA to the multilateral system, an increase of 0.6% in real terms from 2023. Of this, USD 307.4 million was core multilateral ODA (55.7% of total ODA), while USD 20.5 million was non-core contributions earmarked for a specific country, region, theme or purpose. Project-type funding earmarked for a specific theme and/or country accounted for 21.3% of Czechia’s non-core contributions, and 78.7% was programmatic funding (to pooled funds and specific-purpose programmes and funds).
In 2024, top recipients of Czechia’s contribution to multilateral organisations were the European Union institutions, the UN system, and the World Bank Group. The United Nations (UN) system received 7.6% of Czechia’s contributions to multilateral organisations, of which USD 8.8 million (35.3%) represented earmarked contributions. Out of a total volume of USD 25 million to the UN system, the top three UN recipients of Czechia’s support (core and earmarked contributions) were UN (USD 5.5 million), UNHCR (USD 3.5 million) and WHO (USD 2.9 million).
See the section on Geographic, sectoral and thematic focus of ODA for the breakdown of bilateral allocations, including ODA earmarked through the multilateral development system.
Learn more by exploring the DAC members’ use of the multilateral system dashboard.
In 2024, Czechia’s bilateral spending declined compared to the previous year. It provided USD 244.1 million of gross bilateral ODA (which includes earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations). This represented a decrease of 50.3% in real terms from 2023.
In 2024, country programmable aid amounted to USD 55 million, or 22.5% of Czechia’s gross bilateral ODA, compared to the DAC country average of 46.5%.
Czechia’s in-donor refugee costs amounted to USD 161.2 million (66% of gross bilateral ODA) in 2024, while humanitarian aid was USD 16.4 million, or 6.7% of gross bilateral ODA.
Czechia disbursed USD 6.7 million for triangular co-operation in 2024. Its regional priority is Africa, with a focus on emergency response. Learn more about triangular co-operation.
In 2024, Czechia channelled its bilateral ODA mainly through public sector and NGOs. Technical co‑operation made up 1.3% of gross ODA in 2024.
In 2024, CSOs received USD 36.3 million of gross bilateral ODA, of which 9.9% was directed to developing country-based CSOs. Overall, 0.4% of gross bilateral ODA was allocated to CSOs as core contributions and 14.5% was channelled through CSOs to implement projects initiated by the provider (earmarked funding). From 2023 to 2024, the combined core and earmarked contributions for CSOs increased as a share of bilateral ODA, from 6.4% to 14.9%.
Learn more by reading the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid and by exploring the ODA to civil society organisations dashboard.
In 2024, Czechia’s bilateral ODA primarily focused on ODA-eligible countries in Europe. USD 41.4 million was allocated to ODA-eligible countries in Europe (of which 72.3% for Ukraine) and USD 18.3 million to countries in Africa, accounting respectively for 17% and 7.5% of gross bilateral ODA. USD 11.4 million was allocated to Asia (excluding the Middle East). Europe was also the main regional recipient of Czechia’s earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations.
In 2024, 25.6% of gross bilateral ODA went to Czechia’s top 10 recipients. Its top 10 recipients are priority countries, specific fragile countries where there is a temporary focus on stabilisation due to crises or part of regional programmes. The share of gross bilateral ODA not allocated by country was 68.3%, of which 96.7% consisted of expenditures for processing and hosting refugees in provider countries.
In 2024, Czechia allocated 0.02% of its GNI to the least developed countries (LDCs). Czechia allocated the highest share of gross bilateral ODA (14.6%) to lower middle-income countries in 2024, noting that 68.3% was unallocated by income group. LDCs received 8.8% of Czechia’s gross bilateral ODA (USD 21.5 million). Additionally, Czechia allocated 9.3% of gross bilateral ODA to land-locked developing countries in 2024, equal to USD 22.7 million.
The distribution of Czechia’s ODA in net terms in relation to “ODA per person in extreme poverty”2 was USD 0.1 in LDCs, USD 0.4 in lower middle-income countries (LMICs) and USD 0.4 in upper middle-income countries.
In 2025, Czechia provided USD 30.1 million of net bilateral ODA to Ukraine to respond to the impacts of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion, a 45.6% increase from 2024 in real terms. USD 3.6 million of the amount was humanitarian assistance in 2025, a 49.1% decrease in real terms from 2024.
Support to contexts with high and extreme fragility was USD 27 million in 2024, representing 11.1% of Czechia’s gross bilateral ODA. Of this ODA, 29.4% was provided in the form of humanitarian assistance, an increase from 26.7% in 2023, while 5.7% was allocated to peace, an increase from 3.3% in 2023.
Learn more about the States of Fragility platform.
In 2024, the largest focus of Czechia’s bilateral ODA was other macro sectors, with a particular support refugees in donor countries (USD 161.2 million). ODA for social infrastructure and services totalled USD 37.7 million, with a focus on government and civil society (USD 12.8 million). Humanitarian assistance amounted to USD 16.4 million (6.7% of bilateral ODA). Earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations also focused on social sectors and other macro sectors in 2024.
In the period 2023-2024, Czechia committed 38.7% of screened bilateral allocable ODA to gender equality and women’s empowerment compared to 20.1% in 2021-2022 and a DAC average of 48.2% in 2023-2024. This is equal to USD 27.4 million of screened bilateral allocable ODA in support of gender equality on average per year. In addition:
The share of screened bilateral allocable ODA committed to gender equality and women’s empowerment as a principal objective was 3.3% in 2023-2024, compared with the DAC average of 4.2%.
Czechia includes gender equality objectives in 38.3% of ODA for humanitarian aid, above the 2023‑2024 DAC average of 21.5%.
Czechia screens the majority of bilateral allocable ODA against the DAC gender equality policy marker (90.9% in 2023-2024).
Czechia committed USD 200 000 of ODA to end violence against women and girls, and USD 100 000 million to support women’s rights organisations and movements, and government institutions on average per year in 2023-2024.
Learn more by reading the DAC Recommendation on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance and the DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation in Development Co-operation, and by exploring the development finance for gender equality dashboard.
In 2023-2024, Czechia committed 23.8% of its total bilateral allocable ODA (USD 18.6 million) in support of the environment and the Rio Conventions, up from 16.3% in 2021-2022. The DAC average was 39%. In addition:
7.1% of screened bilateral allocable ODA focused on environmental issues as a principal objective, compared with the DAC average of 11.2%.
17% of total bilateral allocable ODA (USD 13.2 million) focused on climate change overall (the DAC average was 35.4%), up from 8.4% in 2021-2022. Czechia had a greater focus on adaptation (13.8%) than on mitigation (9.6%) in 2023-2024.
4.6% of screened bilateral allocable ODA (USD 3.6 million) focused on biodiversity overall (the DAC average was 8.6%), up from 3.3% in 2021-2022.
3.2% of screened bilateral allocable ODA (USD 2.4 million) focused on desertification overall (the DAC average was 4.2%), up from 1.1% in 2021-2022.
Learn more about the DAC Declaration on Aligning Development Co-operation with the Goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
In 2024, Czechia:
Allocated 5% of its bilateral ODA (USD 12.2 million) to core poverty-reducing sectors as defined by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1.a.1. This indicator captures grants to basic social services (such as basic health and education, water supply and sanitation, multisector aid for basic social services) and development food aid. In addition, 0.8% of bilateral ODA (USD 1.8 million) went to social protection support. Learn more by exploring the Reducing poverty and inequalities through ODA data explainer.
Committed USD 11.5 million (14.1% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to address the immediate or underlying determinants of malnutrition in developing countries across a variety of sectors, such as emergency response, agriculture, forestry, fishing and health.
Committed USD 11.2 million (13.7% of its bilateral allocable ODA) to development co-operation projects and programmes that promote the inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities.
Regarding the payment of local tax and customs duties for ODA-funded goods and services, Czechia does not make information available on the OECD Digital Transparency Hub on the Tax Treatment of ODA.
In 2024, total official and private flows from Czechia to developing countries amounted to USD 880.4 million in net terms. Official sources accounted for USD 550.7 million, while USD 329.7 million originated from private sources.
Czechia uses leveraging mechanisms to mobilise private finance for sustainable development. In 2024, Czechia’s Development Agency mobilised USD 0.5 million from the private sector through simple co‑financing. This constituted a 13.8% increase compared to 2023.
Private finance mobilised by Czechia in 2023-2024 mainly targeted middle-income countries, representing 68.2% of its total mobilised. Only 31.8% of total mobilised private finance during this period benefited the LDCs and other low-income countries.
Mobilised private finance by Czechia in 2023-2024 related mainly to activities in business and other services (86.4%), as its top sector. Furthermore, over this period, 36.2% of Czechia’s total mobilised private finance was for climate action.
Learn more by exploring the Mobilisation of private finance for development dashboard.
Total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD) is an international statistical standard that monitors and increases the transparency of all official and officially supported resources for financing the SDGs received by developing countries (Pillar 1) and for addressing global challenges (Pillar 2). In 2024, activities reported by Czechia as TOSSD totalled USD 1.2 billion, marking a 31% decrease compared with the previous year.3 Czechia’s TOSSD activities mostly targeted SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 3 (good health and well-being).
Activity-level data on TOSSD by recipient are available at: https://tossd.online.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is mandated to lead, co-ordinate and oversee the delivery of Czechia’s ODA by the 2010 Act on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. The Czech Development Agency is a state organisation under the authority of the MFA. It implements bilateral country programmes and bilateral grants through calls for proposals. Operational guidance defines a clear division of labour between the MFA and the Czech Development Agency, as well as the embassies, implementers and the Council for Development Cooperation.
The MFA and Czech Development Agency have 79 staff working on development co-operation, of whom 56 are based in headquarters.
The Department of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid within the MFA consults with and reports on evaluations to the Council of Czech Development Cooperation – an interdepartmental co‑ordination body. The council brings together government and external stakeholders and is tasked with overseeing Czechia’s development co-operation strategy. CSOs active in development co-operation, humanitarian assistance and global citizenship education co-ordinate under the umbrella body, FoRS – Czech Forum for Development Cooperation.
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development placed a renewed emphasis on strengthening the effectiveness of all forms of development co-operation by upholding and elevating the Effectiveness Principles. Adherence to these principles is measured through the partner country-led monitoring exercise of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC).
Notes: The global aggregate results of the 4th GPEDC monitoring round (2023-2026) will be published in the forthcoming 2026 GPEDC Global Monitoring Report. Learn more about partner countries’ participation, progress and country-specific results by exploring the GPEDC Global Dashboard. CRS: Creditor Reporting System; IATI: International Aid Transparency Initiative.
Internal systems and processes help ensure the delivery of Czechia’s development co-operation. The table below highlights select features.
Access the full list of development co-operation providers at: Development Co-operation Profiles.
2023 OECD-DAC Peer Review of Czechia: https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264264939-en.
2019 OECD-DAC mid-term review of Czechia: https://one.oecd.org/document/DCD/DAC/AR(2024)3/28/en/pdf.
CSO platform FoRS – Czech Forum for Development Cooperation: www.fors.cz.
CzechAid: www.czechaid.cz/en.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid: www.mzv.cz/aid.
Czechia has been a member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since 2013.
The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including the grant-equivalent methodology, core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, country programmable aid, channels of delivery, bilateral ODA unspecified/unallocated, bilateral allocable ODA, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.
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← 1. DAC members adopted the grant-equivalent methodology starting from their reporting of 2018 data as a more accurate way to count the donor effort in development loans. See the methodological notes for further details.
← 2. Aid per person in extreme poverty is calculated by dividing net ODA (bilateral and imputed multilateral) by the population in extreme poverty in each country. It estimates how much ODA each person in extreme poverty would receive if total ODA was divided evenly among the extreme poor. This metric does not measure the amount of ODA actually received by each person in extreme poverty, nor does it measure how much ODA goes to poverty reduction. It instead highlights patterns in total ODA allocations relative to the number of people living in extreme poverty in each country. Group averages are calculated based on a weighted average of aid per person in extreme poverty and the number of people in extreme poverty for each country in the group. See the methodological notes for further details.
← 3. This amount does not include mobilised private finance by Czechia.