SDG #9 is to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”
Within SDG #9 are 8 targets, of which we here focus on Target 9.a:
Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
Target 9.a has one indicator:
Indicator 9.a.1: Total official international support (official development assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure
The biggest recipient country for aid earmarked for infrastructure as of 2021 was India, which received $7.51 billion.
Developing regions received aid of $64 billion for infrastructure in 2021, the same figure at the start of the SDG period in 2015. Infrastructure aid has also remained the same as 2015 for Africa, the least developed countries and small island states. Africa received $15 billion, the LDCs $11 billion and the SIDS close to $2 billion.
