International health financing fell by 21% from 2024 to 2025.

Omissions

• The 21% figure refers specifically to development assistance for health (DAH), i.e. donor aid for health, not to the broader concept of 'international health financing' (which could also include domestic health spending or other flows).
• The 2025 value is a preliminary estimate (IHME), so the exact percentage may be revised; the same IHME study reports the 2025-to-2024 decline as 22% in its peer-reviewed version ($49.6bn to $38.4bn).
• The decline is driven overwhelmingly by a drop in U.S. financing (a 67% fall, more than $9 billion), which is important context for interpreting the figure.

Sources

• PrimaryInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) — Health financing21% decline in development assistance for health (DAH) globally between 2024 and 2025, from $49.6 billion to $39.1 billion.
• PrimaryOECD — 'Cuts in official development assistance: Full Report'In 2025, ODA for health is projected to decline further by 14-29% compared to 2024.
• AcademicApeagyei et al., 'Tracking development assistance for health, 1990–2030' (PMC / peer-reviewed)Total DAH reached an estimated $38.4 billion in 2025, a 52% decline from the peak of $80.3 billion in 2021 and a 22% decline from $49.6 billion...
• SecondaryThink Global Health — 'The State of Global Health Funding: August 2025'In a new report, the team found that DAH declined 21% between 2024 and 2025, driven largely by a 67% drop—more than $9 billion—in U.S. financing.