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Data freshness

The Pacific Aid Signal reads five sources every twelve hours. But reading data and having current data are not the same thing. This page shows how old each funder’s records are, country by country. Green means the funder published something dated within the last 90 days. Red means the newest record is more than a year old. Empty means the funder has no recorded activity in that country.

30 funders tracked
15 with stale data (>1 year)
442 days Australia’s IATI gap
14 countries

Freshness heatmap

Each cell shows how many days old the funder’s newest IATI record is for that country. Funders are ranked by lifetime spend. Scroll right on mobile to see all countries.

PNGFijiSIsRMIVanTongaKiriSamoaTuvMicroCookNiuePalauNauru Australia Aid$9.5B444d444d444d444d444d444d444d444d444d444d444dAsian Development Bank$5.5B48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48d48dDepartment of the Interior$3.7B447d448d464dNew Zealand Ministry of Foreign Aff$3.6B44d44d44d44d44d43d44d44d44d44d44d44d44d44dWorld Bank$3.4B79d109d79d79d79d79d79d79d79d79dAustralian Aid$1.2B444d444d2270dUNICEF$777M48d48dU.S. Agency for International Devel$539M79d79d79d140d79d79dUN Pooled Funds$467M1356d1356d1356d1356dThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tube$453M78dAidData$446M4642d4642d4642dGreen Climate Fund$438M146d87d162d105d111d205d173d162d162d162d162d365dUnited Nations Development Programm$401M10d10d10d17d17d17d17d17dWorld Bank Trust Funds$331M170d170d778d170d1966d170d656dEuropean Commission - Directorate-G$327M20d22d21d27d29d275dMillennium Challenge Corporation$302M2574dUnited Nations Capital Development $120M260d260d2086d260dGlobal Environment Facility$115M307d189d189d189d307d189d189d189dDepartment of State$66M301d108dPeace Corps$42M260d260dInternational Fund for Agricultural$25M328d1210dGlobal Green Growth Institute$20M534dDepartment of Defense$19M2451d2451dForeign Affairs, Trade and Developm$9M62d820d820dWorld Health Organization$9M45d44d ≤90d ≤180d ≤365d >365d not listed

Who is publishing current data

Who is not

These are among the largest funders by lifetime spend in the Pacific. Their data is more than a year old, which means the 90-day picture on each country page is missing their current activity entirely.

What this means

When a funder’s data goes stale, their spending disappears from the 90-day picture — not because they stopped spending, but because they stopped publishing. The Signal’s 90-day figures for any country are therefore a lower bound: they show what has been reported, not what has been spent. The gap between the two is largest where the biggest funders have the oldest data.

For Australia, the single largest bilateral funder in 9 of these 14 countries, the newest IATI record is dated 30 June 2025. That is why the Signal reads DFAT’s business notifications directly: they are the only source that says what Australia is doing now.

Freshness by country

Papua New Guinea 7/10 current, 3 stale
Fiji 6/10 current, 1 stale
Solomon Islands 5/10 current, 2 stale
Marshall Islands 5/10 current, 2 stale
Vanuatu 3/10 current, 4 stale
Tonga 3/10 current, 2 stale
Kiribati 5/10 current, 4 stale
Samoa 5/10 current, 3 stale
Tuvalu 5/10 current, 2 stale
Micronesia (Fed. States) 5/10 current, 3 stale
Cook Islands 4/10 current, 4 stale
Niue 2/10 current, 5 stale
Palau 4/10 current, 3 stale
Nauru 4/10 current, 3 stale