(Net disbursements)

ODA disbursements in 2009 (calendar year)	Dollar basis (US$1 million)	Yen basis (¥100 million)	Percentage of total (%)
Type	Current year	Previous year	Change from the previous year (%)	Current year	Previous year	Change from the previous year (%)	ODA total
Grant aid	2,211.70	4,780.69	-53.7	2,065.72	4,948.02	-58.3	23.2
debt relief	68.33	2,801.18	-97.6	63.82	2,899.22	-97.8	0.7
grants provided through multilateral institutions	660.59	730.9	-9.6	616.99	756.48	-18.4	6.9
grant aid excluding the above	1,482.78	1,248.61	18.8	1,384.91	1,292.31	7.2	15.5
Grant aid (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	2,208.94	4,776.56	-53.8	2,063.15	4,943.74	-58.3	23.3
debt relief	68.33	2,801.18	-97.6	63.82	2,899.22	-97.8	0.7
grants provided through multilateral institutions	660.49	730.06	-9.5	616.9	755.61	-18.4	7
grant aid excluding the above	1,480.12	1,245.32	18.9	1,382.43	1,288.91	7.3	15.6
Technical cooperation	3,194.75	3,057.82	4.5	2,983.90	3,164.84	-5.7	33.4
Technical cooperation (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	3,118.40	2,987.07	4.4	2,912.58	3,091.61	-5.8	32.9
Total grants	5,406.45	7,838.51	-31	5,049.62	8,112.86	-37.8	56.6
Total grants (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	5,327.34	7,763.62	-31.4	4,975.73	8,035.35	-38.1	56.3
Loan aid	674.55	-899.66	630.03	-931.15	7.1
(loan aid, excluding debt relief)	740.03	163.87	351.6	691.18	169.6	307.53
(amount disbursed)	7,744.40	7,050.81	9.84	7,233.27	7,297.59	-0.88
(amount recovered)	7,069.86	7,950.47	-11.08	6,603.25	8,228.74	-19.75
(amount recovered excluding debt relief)	7,004.38	6,886.94	1.71	6,542.09	7,127.99	-8.22
Loan aid (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	673.9	-940.38	629.42	-973.29	7.1
(loan aid, excluding debt relief)	739.38	123.15	500.38	690.58	127.46	441.79
(amount disbursed)	7,657.42	6,933.44	10.4	7,152.03	7,176.11	-0.3
(amount recovered)	6,983.52	7,873.82	-11.3	6,522.60	8,149.40	-20
(amount recovered excluding debt relief)	6,918.04	6,810.28	1.6	6,461.45	7,048.64	-8.3
Total bilateral ODA	6,081.00	6,938.85	-12.4	5,679.65	7,181.71	-20.9	63.7
Total bilateral ODA (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	6,001.24	6,823.25	-12	5,605.16	7,062.06	-20.6	63.4
Contributions and subscriptions to multilateral institutions	3,471.58	2,781.35	24.8	3,242.45	2,878.70	12.6	36.3
Contributions and subscriptions to multilateral institutions (excluding contributions to the EBRD)	3,467.37	2,777.46	24.8	3,238.53	2,874.67	12.7	36.6
Total ODA (net disbursement)	9,552.57	9,720.20	-1.7	8,922.10	10,060.40	-11.3
Total ODA (net disbursement) (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries and some disbursements for the EBRD)	9,468.61	9,600.71	-1.4	8,843.69	9,936.73	-11	100
Total ODA (gross disbursement)	16,622.43	17,670.67	-5.9	15,525.35	18,289.15	-15.1
Total ODA (gross disbursement) (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries)	16,452.13	17,474.52	-5.9	15,366.29	18,086.13	-15
Preliminary estimate of nominal Gross National Income (GNI) (US$1 billion, ¥1 billion)	5,223.13	5,042.14	3.6	487,840.30	521,861.80	-6.5
% of GNI	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.19
% of GNI (excluding disbursements for Eastern Europe and graduated countries and some disbursements for the EBRD)	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.19

$ ^{*1} $ Japan has a record of disbursements to the following 14 graduated countries and territories: Brunei, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Hong Kong, Cyprus, the Republic of Korea (ROK), New Caledonia, Malta, Slovenia, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

$ ^{*} $ 2 The 2009 exchange rate designated by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC): US1 = ¥93.4 (¥10.1 appreciation compared to 2008).

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

$ ^{*} $ 4 Starting from the 2009 disbursements, some contributions for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are reported as ODA in accordance with the decision of the OECD-DAC Working Party on Statistics.

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

*6 Grants provided through multilateral institutions have conventionally been reported as “Contributions and subscriptions to international organizations, etc.” However, since 2006, expenditures clearly addressing a country at the point of disbursement are considered as bilateral ODA and therefore newly reported as “Grant aid.”