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Importance of foreign aid

6 Jun 2017

Q. In your opinion, how important is it that Australia gives foreign aid to the following countries and regions?

  Total very/somewhat   Very important Somewhat important Not very important Not at all important Don’t know Jun 2015 (very/somewhat)
Papua New Guinea 59% 17% 42% 16% 12% 13% 65%
Pacific island countries 59% 16% 43% 17% 11% 13% 66%
African countries 46% 11% 35% 22% 19% 12% 50%
South east Asia countries 45% 10% 35% 24% 17% 13% 50%
Indonesia 38% 9% 29% 24% 24% 13% 39%
Middle east countries 31%   8% 23% 26% 30% 13% 26%

 

59% thought that aid to Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island Countries is very or somewhat important.

The proportion who think that aid to each region is very or somewhat important has dropped since June 2015 for each region except for the Middle East, which has gone up 5% to 31%. However, this region was still considered the least important to give foreign aid to.

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