Which countries help Ukraine and how? Introducing the Ukraine Support Tracker

Abstract

This paper introduces the 'Ukraine Support Tracker', which lists and quantifies military, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022. We measure support from Western governments, namely by G7 and European Union member countries. Due to our focus on government-to-government commitments, we do not gather systematic data on private donations or aid by international organizations in this version of the database. To value in-kind support like military equipment or weapons, we use market prices and consider upper bounds to avoid underestimating the true extent of bilateral assistance. We find significant differences in the scale of support across countries, both in absolute terms and as percent of donor GDP. In total amounts, by far the largest supporter of Ukraine is the United States, followed by Poland and the United Kingdom. In percent of donor GDP, small Eastern European countries stand out as particularly generous. Strikingly, the United States alone provides more support to Ukraine than all of the 27 EU member countries taken together, even after adding EU-level support. The gap is particularly large for military support, with the US committing more than twice as much weapons and military equipment than all other countries combined. ; This is the first version of the paper and database. In the coming days and weeks, we plan to continuously expand, correct, and improve this project. We therefore very much welcome any help to improve the tracker. Please send us feedback and comments to ukrainetracker@ifw-kiel.de.