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Pakistan falls short of the list of top ten countries receiving the greatest amount of military and total foreign assistance from the US. ─ Reuters/File
The United States, over the period 1946-2012, has given India the largest amount of economic assistance, while providing Israel the greatest quantity of military assistance over the same interval, according to data compiled by USAID.
The US also gave Israel the greatest total foreign assistance over the 66-year period, at $199 billion.
The data, which is inflation adjusted, shows India received approximately $65.1bn in economic assistance from 1946 until 2012, followed closely by Israel, which was given $65bn.
With $44.4bn received as economic assistance from the US, Pakistan is also among the top five countries to receive economic assistance out of a total of 200 countries and regions .
Top 10 countries receiving US economic assistance from 1946-2012
- India: $65.1bn
- Israel: $65bn
- United Kingdom: $63.6bn
- Egypt: $59.6bn
- Pakistan: $44.4bn
- Vietnam: $41bn
- Iraq: $39.7bn
- South Korea: $36.5bn
- Germany: $33.3bn
- France: $31bn
The majority of Israel's $65bn economic assistance was given to its Economic Support Fund and Security Support Assistance, with $56.5bn alone attributed to these programmes.
In comparison, of the $44.4bn provided to Pakistan in economic assistance, $13.8 is given to USAID programmes, while $13.7 is attributed to the Economic Support Fund and Security Support Assistance.
Israel received $134bn in military assistance over 1946-2012 ─ a figure which far outnumbers military assistance provided to the the second entrant on the list, Vietnam, at $77.9bn.
Top 10 countries receiving US military assistance from 1946-2012
- Israel: $134bn
- Vietnam: $77.9bn
- Egypt: $62bn
- Afghanistan: $48.3bn
- Turkey: $42.2bn
- South Korea: $41.1bn
- France: $33bn
- Greece: $29.5bn
- China: $26.3bn
- Iraq: $24.7bn
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan received most of the military assistance from the US during the superpower's involvement in Afghanistan during the 1980s and then after 2001.
The US non-military aid to Pakistan for the period 1991-2001 averaged just $75 million per year, while the total military aid during the eleven-year period was a paltry $7 million.
Pakistan also falls short of the list of countries receiving the greatest amount of total foreign assistance form the US ─ but India and Israel both make the list, with the latter in the top spot.
Pakistan comes in at eleventh place on the list, with $57.3bn in total foreign assistance ─ over $100bn less than the amount received by the top position holder on the list.
Countries receiving greatest total foreign assistance
- Israel: $199.5bn
- Egypt: $121.6bn
- Vietnam: $118.9bn
- South Korea: $77.6bn
- Afghanistan: $76.9bn
- United Kingdom: $71.5bn
- India: $66bn
- Turkey: $64.4bn
- Iraq: $64.3bn
- France: $64bn
Super power much?
India biggest recipient of US economic assistance over 66-year period: USAID - Pakistan - DAWN.COM