USAID

aid: usaid
name: USAID
description: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides programmatic access to foreign assistance data,
  development finance records, project tracking, aid flow analysis, and global development datasets through a suite of REST
  APIs. Key offerings include the ForeignAssistance.gov Data API (OAS 3.0) for budgetary and financial foreign aid data across
  U.S. government agencies, the Development Data Library (DDL) powered by the Socrata Open Data API (SODA) for querying and
  filtering open datasets, and the Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) API for programmatic access to USAID-funded
  international development documentation. These APIs support researchers, policymakers, journalists, and developers building
  tools around international aid transparency and global development outcomes.
type: Index
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/usaid/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Foreign Assistance
- International Development
- Aid Data
- Development Finance
- Global Datasets
- Government
apis:
- name: ForeignAssistance.gov Data API
  description: The ForeignAssistance.gov Data API (OAS 3.0) is the U.S. government's flagship source for foreign assistance
    budgetary and financial data. It exposes spending, obligations, and disbursements across all U.S. government agencies
    managing foreign assistance portfolios, enabling filtering, querying, and aggregation of aid flow data by country, sector,
    year, and agency.
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  humanURL: https://foreignassistance.gov/api-docs
  baseURL: https://foreignassistance.gov/api
  tags:
  - Foreign Assistance
  - Aid Flows
  - Spending Data
  - Budget
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://foreignassistance.gov/api-docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://foreignassistance.gov/api-docs
  contact:
  - FN: ForeignAssistance.gov
    url: https://foreignassistance.gov/data
- name: USAID Development Data Library API
  description: The USAID Development Data Library (DDL) provides programmatic access to USAID's open datasets via the Socrata
    Open Data API (SODA). Developers can filter, query, and aggregate datasets covering development activities, projects,
    evaluations, and geographic data. An application token is required for higher rate limits. Data is also available in machine-readable
    format and feeds into data.gov.
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  humanURL: https://data.usaid.gov
  baseURL: https://data.usaid.gov/resource
  tags:
  - Open Data
  - Development Datasets
  - SODA
  - Socrata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/consumers/getting-started.html
  - type: X-SODA-API
    url: https://dev.socrata.com/docs/endpoints.html
  contact:
  - FN: USAID Data Services
    url: https://data.usaid.gov
    email: data@usaid.gov
- name: USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse API
  description: The USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) API provides programmatic access to the largest online
    repository of USAID-funded international development documentation, including technical reports, evaluations, assessments,
    and project documents spanning decades of development assistance programming worldwide.
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  humanURL: https://dec.usaid.gov/api/
  baseURL: https://dec.usaid.gov/api
  tags:
  - Development Documents
  - Reports
  - Evaluations
  - Knowledge Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dec.usaid.gov/api/help.html
  contact:
  - FN: USAID DEC Support
    url: https://dec.usaid.gov
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.usaid.gov
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.usaid.gov/developer
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/USAID
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usaid
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.usaid.gov/news
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.usaid.gov/data
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.usaid.gov
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/USAID
- type: Plans
  url: plans/usaid-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/usaid-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/usaid-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com