The total number of subnational clusters, sectors, and AoRs increased from 1,011 in 2022 to 1,153 in 2023, indicating an overall expansion in subnational coordination. Subnational cluster coordination took place across 322 locations and 76 per cent of all clusters globally maintained a subnational presence, consistent with the proportion observed in 2022. The Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (AoR), Health, Child Protection AoR, WASH, and Education had the largest number of subnational clusters, consistent with the patterns observed in 2022.
Operations with the highest number of subnational clusters in 2023 included Sudan (112), South Sudan (109), Ethiopia (93), and Somalia (90). Sudan had the highest number of subnational clusters overall, closely followed by South Sudan and Ethiopia. The operations with the most notable increases in subnational cluster presence included Ethiopia and Venezuela (+8 each), and Yemen and Ukraine (+7 each). Conversely, notable reductions in subnational cluster presence were seen in Colombia (-17), Haiti (-8), South Sudan (-5), and Myanmar, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (-3 each).