Korea International Cooperation Agency

Korea-KOICA – Historical performance

The methodology for the Aid Transparency Index continues to evolve. Changes to the methodology made after 2016 means that results are not directly comparable before this time.

Score: 67.3

Position: 11/33

2026 Good

Overview

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), established in 1991 under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, implements South Korea’s grant aid and technical cooperation programmes. KOICA became an IATI member in January 2016 and first published IATI data in August of the same year.

Organisational planning and commitments 13.1 / 15

Finance and budgets 15.9 / 25

Project attributes 16 / 20

Joining-up development data 15.6 / 20

Performance 6.7 / 20

This agency chose not to participate in the 2026 Aid Transparency Index accreditation process. It has been included so that the Index continues to rank and apply advocacy pressure to the world’s largest aid and development agencies. It was subject to the same assessment and scoring approach as those agencies which participated in the accreditation process. More details of the approach are given in the FAQs section. Publish What You Fund only provides a full profile, including recommendations and a detailed breakdown of indicator scores, for those agencies that have undergone the full accreditation process.