What People in Middle-income Countries Think about U.S. Cuts to Humanitarian Aid

It has been one year since the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially shut down. That move was part of a broader goal of the Trump administration to drastically cut U.S. foreign aid spending. Around the world, many people are unsure what impact the cuts will have on their nation, according to a new Pew Research Center (PRC) survey in 16 non-U.S. countries.

The countries PRC surveyed are middle-income nations that collectively went from receiving more than $5 billion in aid in fiscal year 2024 to just over $500 million in fiscal 2026. Each country has seen aid from the U.S. cut by more than 75 percent since fiscal 2024. (Federal fiscal years start Oct. 1 and end Sept. 30.) For more on how U.S. foreign aid has changed in recent years, read "U.S. foreign aid is plunging in second Trump administration."

Uncertainty about the impact of this change is especially common in the Latin American countries PRC surveyed. U.S. aid to the region varied: Argentina and Brazil received the smallest amount of aid of the surveyed countries before USAID shut down, while Colombia received some of the most.

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