The US spent $4.89 billion in foreign assistance to Afghanistan in 2019, according to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department data from ForeignAssistance.gov.
Total foreign aid to Afghanistan has dropped since 2018, as military aid decreased by $1.4 billion and economic aid increased by $226.4 million in 2019. The peak of $15.3 billion occurred in 2011, when the US spent $11.8 billion on military assistance to the country. Despite the decrease in aid from a decade ago, Afghanistan was the largest recipient of foreign assistance in 2019, followed by Israel at $3.3 billion.
