The generosity index measures aid relative to gross national income (GNI): In contrast, Australia's score was 0.34 in 2012-13 and sat at 0.42 20 years ago.
One exception is Ireland: its GDP per head is one of the highest in the OECD, but because of large net outflows of investment income, its GNI per head is merely around the OECD average.
Five DAC member countries, including Denmark, Luxembourg (not shown in the chart) and, for the first time, Britain, met the UN target of 0.7% for aid as a share of gross national income (GNI).
Its average GNI growth rate over the past decade has also been about one percentage point less than on a GDP basis.Another flaw is that GDP makes no allowance for the depreciation of the capital stock.
In 2007 (the last year stats for both were available) Syria had a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of $1850 which is more than Egypt at the time, which was only at $1620.
To the delight of NGOs, the chancellor George Osborne announced in Wednesday's budget that the amount the UK spends on aid will hit 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) this year, making Britain the first in the G8 to meet the decades-old promise.
There are three "protected" budgets that will remain immune from the cuts – the NHS, schools and overseas development, though the latter will be adjusted downwards if Britain's gross national income (GNI) shrinks.
In an email seen by the Guardian, an official in the Department for International Development (DfID) states: "All of the money pledged, committed, and/or spent [on climate change] thus far comes from within the UK's 0.7% GNI ODA commitment".
David Cameron has pledged to meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on overseas aid by 2013.
Only five OECD countries have met the international target to spend 0.7% of their gross national income (GNI) as aid.
Malawi ranks second on Hanci despite a much lower GNI per capita ($870) than Guinea Bissau ($1,240) and Angola ($5,230), ranks third from bottom.
