2025
People in Need
307.6M
People Targeted
186.1M
Requirements (US$)
$44.70B
Appeals
43
As of end-January, the 2025 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) presents consolidated funding requirements of $44.70 billion to assist 186.1 million of the 307.6 million people in need in 72 countries. This is a decrease from the $46.55 required at the same time last year. The Middle East and North African region requires $12.73 billion, the largest total for any region in 2025, and accounts for 28 per cent of the Global Humanitarian Overview. East and Southern Africa requires $11.64 billion, while the appeals for West and Central Africa call for $8.25 billion. Asia and the Pacific will require $5.17 billion, Eastern Europe $3.33 billion, and Latin America and the Caribbean $3.56 billion.
Reporting on funding for the current year has begun, with $1.49 billion reported for the GHO and an additional $2.15 billion reported for other humanitarian activities.
Timely reporting of humanitarian contributions from donors and recipients is crucial to provide reliable and complete data for trend analysis. All partners are encouraged to report funding to the Financial Tracking Service (fts@un.org).
2024
Requirements (US$)
$49.59B
Inter-Agency Appeals Funding (US$)
$23.27B
Appeals Coverage
47%
Total Humanitarian Funding (US$)
$33.06B
Funding for the 2024 GHO reached $23.27 billion, or 47 per cent of the $49.59 billion required. The largest amount of GHO funding was recorded for the Middle East and North African region with $7.04 billion, followed by $5.45 billion for the East and Southern Africa region and $4.29 billion for the West and Central Africa region. An additional $9.79 billion was reported for other humanitarian activities, bringing the total funding recorded in 2024 to $33.06 billion.
Upcoming Events
The Joint Launch of the 2025 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) and the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for Sudan will take place on Monday, 17 February 2025, from 15:00 to 16:30 Geneva (CET) at the Palais des Nations, Room XXIV, and will be livestreamed on UNWebTV. The event is co-convened by Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The Sudan HNRP requires $4.16 billion to assist 20.9 million people in need. The RRP requires $1.8 billion to assist 4.8 million refugees, third-country nationals and host community members in Chad, Egypt, South Sudan, Libya, Uganda, Ethiopia and the Central African Republic.
Syria Humanitarian Response Priorities (January-March 2025)
People in Need
16.5M
People Targeted
6.7M
Requirements (US$)
$1.2B
The 2025 Syria Humanitarian Response Priorities document highlights the most urgent humanitarian needs across the country and was published on 28 January 2025 for the period 1 January 2025 – 31 March 2025. The United Nations and humanitarian partners are appealing for $1.2 billion to cover the prioritized to respond to the most immediate needs of 6.7 million people targeted in the country.
This Humanitarian Response Priorities document is intended to cover current programming requirements. The humanitarian community will continue to monitor the rapidly shifting conditions on the ground, including political and socio-economic developments, and assess their impact on humanitarian needs and the nature and scope of humanitarian programming for the rest of 2025.
The 2024 Syria Humanitarian Response Plan was severely underfunded, with only 34 per cent of the $4.1 billion requirements covered, a decrease from the 41 per cent coverage in 2023. It is imperative that in 2025, at this pivotal moment in the history of Syria, the international community responds effectively to the needs of the Syrian people including through increasing their financial support. Despite stretched funding, the United Nations and humanitarian partners are committed to continue delivering humanitarian aid, seizing opportunities while remaining vigilant in the face of challenges and their impacts on peoples’ needs.
Humanitarian Response Plans (2025): Funding Status as of January
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