Sabine Selchow
UN System Budget Growth

Growth of Expenditure within the UN System (1950-1975)

Date: 24 September 2025

Data source: Luard, Evan (1977) International Agencies: The Emerging Framework of Interdependence. London: Macmillan Press, p.3.
Funded: Part of a European Research Council (ERC)-grant,ECOINT, Grant No. 885285


This visualization shows the regular budget development of various international organizations from 1950 to 1975. Users can select and deselect individual organizations using the checkboxes to create different comparisons. Hover over the points to see the related data.

All regular budget values are in US $.

*"Original appropriations, i.e. excluding supplementary expenditure. IBRD loans and IMF credits are also excluded." The data for 1975 are estimates (Luard 1975: 3).

Growth of Expenditure within the UN System*