By the end of the year, the 2024 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) required over $49 billion to assist 198.3 million of the people in need across 77 countries through 49 coordinated response plans. More than $4 billion in GHO funding was reported during the months of November and December, bringing total 2024 GHO funding to $22.58 billion. This is $800 million more than at the same time last year, with coverage of appeal requirements reaching 45.5 per cent.
Total reported humanitarian funding reached $32.04 billion, which is an increase of almost $3 billion compared to the $29.12 billion recorded at the same time last year.
The amount of funding reported in the fourth quarter of 2024 ($6.4 billion) was higher than at the same time last year ($4.1 billion), but lower than in the third quarter of the year ($6.9 billion). Last year, larger than usual amounts of 2023 funding were reported well into 2024. Given the concerning financial outlook for 2025, donors and recipients are encouraged to report all 2024 humanitarian funding as soon as possible to the Financial Tracking Service (fts@un.org) to ensure reliable and complete data for analysis.
Quarterly Funding Comparisons
2025 GHO
The 2025 Global Humanitarian Overview was launched on 4 December 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland; Kuwait City, Kuwait; and Nairobi, Kenya. The 2025 GHO presents global trends in crises and humanitarian needs, and reports how the humanitarian community responds to them. It also highlights the humanitarian community’s collective achievements, whilst indicating the real costs for people in crisis when we are unable to respond. In 2025, humanitarian partners are appealing for over $47 billion to assist nearly 190 million people facing life-threatening and urgent needs across 72 countries.
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Upcoming Events
Ukraine Joint Launch
The Ukraine Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) and the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) will be launched in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, 16 January 2025, from 15:00-16:30 local time (GMT+1 in Geneva and GMT-5 in New York). The launch will be held under the auspices of Mr. Tom Fletcher, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator and Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the participation of a high-level representative from the Government of Ukraine and other distinguished panellists. The event will be livestreamed in English and Ukrainian on UNWebTV. For more information, please contact ochaukraine@un.org.