A breakdown of net bilateral ODA by type indicates that disbursements calculated as grant aid totaled approximately 3,463.74 million (¥304.0 billion), accounting for approximately 31.4% of overall ODA disbursements. Of this amount, grant aid through international organizations totaled approximately 1,269.02 million (¥111.4 billion), or approximately 11.5% of the whole. In addition, technical cooperation totaled approximately 3,478.48 million (¥305.3 billion), or approximately 31.6% of the whole. Government loans totaled about 394.75 million (¥34.6 billion). $ ^{4} $

Japan’s bilateral ODA by region is as follows.

The figures in parentheses are gross disbursements.

▶ Asia: $2,528.32 million ($8,105.91 million)

▶ Middle East and North Africa: $1,591.76 million ($2,339.90 million)

Sub-Saharan Africa: $1,732.75 million ($1,835.29 million)

▶ Latin America and the Caribbean: $-343.55 million ($1,005.55 million)

* The negative figure indicates that loan repayments, etc., exceeded the disbursed amount.

▶ Oceania: $176.29 million ($196.87 million)

Europe: $180.51 million ($232.45 million)

Assistance covering multiple regions: $1,561.95 million ($1,561.95 million)

Table III-1 Japan's ODA by Type (2010)

ODA disbursements (2010 calendar year)	Dollar basis (US$1 million)	Yen basis (¥100 million)
Type	Current year	Previous year	Change from the pervious year (%)	Current year	Previous year	Change from the pervious year (%)
Grant aid	3,465.59	2,377.01	45.8	3,041.42	2,220.13	37.0
debt relief	20.88	68.33	-69.4	18.33	63.82	-71.3
grants provided through multilateral institutions	1,269.15	825.90	53.7	1,113.81	771.39	44.4
grant aid excluding the above	2,175.56	1,482.78	46.7	1,909.28	1,384.91	37.9
Grant aid (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	3,463.74	2,374.26	45.9	3,039.80	2,217.56	37.1
debt relief	20.88	68.33	-69.4	18.33	63.82	-71.3
grants provided through multilateral institutions	1,269.02	825.81	53.7	1,113.70	771.30	44.4
grant aid excluding the above	2,173.84	1,480.12	46.9	1,907.77	1,382.43	38.0
Technical cooperation	3,488.50	3,194.75	9.2	3,061.53	2,983.90	2.6
Technical cooperation (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	3,478.48	3,118.40	11.5	3,052.74	2,912.58	4.8
Total grants	6,954.09	5,571.76	24.8	6,102.95	5,204.03	17.3
Total grants (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	6,942.23	5,492.65	26.4	6,092.54	5,130.14	18.8
Loan aid	473.95	684.20	-30.7	415.94	639.05	-34.9
(loan aid, excluding debt relief)	480.77	749.68	-35.9	421.93	700.20	-39.7
(amount disbursed)	8,323.84	7,754.65	7.3	7,305.05	7,242.84	0.9
(amount recovered)	7,849.88	7,070.44	11.0	6,889.10	6,603.80	4.3
(amount recovered excluding debt relief)	7,843.07	7,004.97	12.0	6,883.12	6,542.64	5.2
Loan aid (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	394.75	683.56	-42.3	346.43	638.44	-45.7
(loan aid, excluding debt relief)	401.57	749.03	-46.4	352.42	699.60	-49.6
(amount disbursed)	8,201.95	7,667.66	7.0	7,198.08	7,161.59	0.5
(amount recovered)	7,807.20	6,984.10	11.8	6,851.65	6,523.15	5.0
(amount recovered excluding debt relief)	7,800.39	6,918.63	12.7	6,845.67	6,462.00	5.9
Total bilateral ODA	7,428.04	6,255.97	18.7	6,518.89	5,843.07	11.6
Total bilateral ODA (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	7,336.97	6,176.21	18.8	6,438.97	5,768.58	11.6
Contributions and subscriptions to multilateral institutions	3,684.00	3,294.58	11.8	3,233.10	3,077.13	5.1
Contributions and subscriptions to multilateral institutions (excluding contributions to the EBRD)	3,684.00	3,290.37	12.0	3,233.10	3,073.21	5.2
Total ODA (net disbursement)	11,112.04	9,550.54	16.3	9,751.99	8,920.21	9.3
Total ODA (net disbursement) (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries and some disbursements for the EBRD)	11,020.98	9,466.58	16.4	9,672.07	8,841.79	9.4
Total ODA (gross disbursement)	18,961.92	16,620.99	14.1	16,641.10	15,524.00	7.2
Total ODA (gross disbursement) (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	18,828.18	16,450.69	14.5	16,523.72	15,364.94	7.5
Preliminary estimate of nominal Gross National Income (GNI) (US$1 billion, ¥1 billion)	5,602.75	5,180.47	8.2	491,700.60	483,855.80	1.6
% of GNI	0.20	0.18	0.20	0.18
% of GNI (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries and some disbursements for the EBRD)	0.20	0.18	0.20	0.18

$ ^{*} $ 1 Japan has a record of disbursements to the following 12 graduated countries and territories: United Arab Emirates, Israel, Qatar, Cyprus, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Bahrain, Brunei, Hong Kong and Malta.

$ ^{*} $ 2 The 2010 exchange rate designated by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC): US1 = ¥87.7606 (¥5.6394 appreciation compared to 2009).

$ ^{*} $ 3 Due to rounding the total may not equal the sum of each type of assistance.

$ ^{*} $ 4 Grant aid includes assistance through international organizations that can be classified as country assistance.

*5 Debt relief includes debt cancellation of ODA loans and debt reduction of insured commercial claims. It does not include debt rescheduling.

*6 In accordance with the decision of the OECD-DAC Statistics Working Group, a portion of contributions to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been recorded as ODA.

Note 4: Conversion rate: 2010 US$1 = ¥87.7606, 2009 US$1 = ¥93.4000 (The exchange rate by the OECD-DAC.)