Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 Monthly Updates

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Global Humanitarian Overview 2025, May-June Update (Snapshot as of 30 June 2025)
02 Jul 2025
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Summary

Inter-Agency Coordinated Appeals: May - June Update

People in Need
300M
People Targeted
178M
Requirements (US$)
$44B
Appeals
43
Inter-Agency Appeals Funding (US$)
$45.96B
Appeals Coverage
13.5%
Total Humanitarian Funding (US$)
$10.58B

As of end-June, the 2025 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) presents total funding requirements of $44.18 billion to assist 178.2 million of the 299.7 million people in need in 72 countries. To date, only $5.96 billion has been reported, representing just 13.5 per cent of the full financial requirements. This figure is approximately one third lower than the funding recorded at the same time last year.

Reprioritization

PEOPLE URGENTLY PRIORITIZED
114M
URGENTLY PRIORITIZED REQUIREMENTS (US$)
$29B

Overview: the cruel math of aid cuts

The magnitude, gravity and suddenness of funding cuts in the first quarter of 2025 have forced the humanitarian community to hyper-prioritize its response efforts. This step—as called for in the Humanitarian Reset and supported by the IASC Emergency Directors through their ‘global accelerated transition plan’—aims to ensure that humanitarians save as many lives as possible with the resources they have. Beginning in March 2025, every country operation and regional response rapidly reviewed their existing plans and appeals, originally crafted with high-levels of rigor, to identify those people in the most urgent need of assistance and the most critical response to be mobilized.

This hyper-prioritization has identified 114.4 million people who are facing the most life-threatening needs to be most urgently targeted with assistance and protection. This represents just 38 per cent of the total number of people in need of humanitarian assistance globally (299.7 million) and only 64 per cent of those targeted for humanitarian assistance in 2025 (178.2 million). This hyper-prioritization required painstaking deliberation and decisions by humanitarian leaders and partners, who had already exerted extensive efforts to tightly define their 2025 humanitarian plans and appeals.

To reach these people, US$29.1 billion—out of the total $44 billion currently required under the Global Humanitarian Overview—needs to be mobilized urgently. Yet, as of 30 June, just $5.96 billion has been received, amounting to just over 13.5 per cent of the total humanitarian funding required in 2025 through the Global Humanitarian Overview ($44.18 billion).

Hyper-prioritizing country responses

The reprioritization of Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans (HNRP) in 2025 was based on two main criteria, contextualized to each country’s context, allowing space to consider additional activities or geographic areas as relevant. The two baseline criteria were:

  • focusing humanitarian action on the people and places that need it most, using intersectoral severity 4 and 5 as the starting point; and
  • prioritizing life-saving activities, including protection, based on work already undertaken for the Humanitarian Programme Cycle 2025.

This hyper-prioritization identified 88.2 million people to be most urgently targeted for assistance and protection by HNRPs, with $21.5 billion immediately required to reach them in 2025.

Reprioritizing across regional plans

Regional response plans have also reprioritized to ensure limited resources are first directed to where they are most urgently required, putting a spotlight on “what must be done first”, noting that the overall needs and figures of 2025 remain valid.

As a result of this exercise, 27.8 million people—out of the 35 million identified in the regional response plans—have been hyper-prioritized for assistance and protection, with corresponding prioritized requirements amounting to $8.7 billion.

As part of the hyper-prioritization, humanitarian clusters have identified their most urgent targets and financial requirements, focusing on the most severely affected populations and areas.

Hyper-prioritization resources

For the full hyper-prioritization document, see here. This document and the Humanitarian Action website include a timely overview of trends in crises, an in-depth look at what happens when humanitarians cannot response, and the achievements to date even amid extreme challenges.

The new interactive dashboard that accompanies the GHO special edition presents the results of the hyper-prioritization of Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans (HNRPs) undertaken by each operation. It does not include the regional plans. Analysis can be performed by operation, cluster (when available) and severity level.

Regional Focus: Asia and the Pacific

The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than three quarters of the people affected by disasters globally, with events such as earthquakes, flooding, typhoons/cyclones, droughts, volcanic activity and extreme temperatures causing widespread damage to infrastructure, agriculture and livelihoods. As the most disaster-prone region in the world, it is also highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Whereas the region has traditionally experienced periodical natural hazards, their frequency and severity have increased. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake of 28 March in Myanmar caused unprecedented loss and damage, with at least 3,800 deaths and nearly two million affected. In 2024, 9.5 million people were impacted by Cyclone Remal and monsoon floods in Bangladesh, tropical cyclones and floods in the Philippines, and Typhoon Yagi and floods in Viet Nam.

These climatic events put the lives of millions of people at risk, drive displacement and severely threaten resilience across the region, often overwhelm national response capacities, and slow down development progress. In countries facing conflict, violence and instability, natural disasters contribute to more complex crises, exacerbating people’s vulnerabilities and exposing many to protection risks. Two countries in the region currently have Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans, Afghanistan and Myanmar, and three countries had Crisis Response Plans in 2025: Viet Nam active until June 2025, Bangladesh active until March 2025 and Philippines active until April 2025. There are also two Regional Response Plans for Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Afghanistan and Myanmar are facing complex humanitarian crises. In Afghanistan, a country with the second highest number of people in need in the world, structural and systemic challenges contribute to further challenges. The country is now confronted with a considerable influx of returnees, straining limited resources. In Myanmar, the conflict has displaced millions, generated food insecurity and limited access to social services.

In light of the Humanitarian Reset and the already pessimistic financial climate, Afghanistan and Myanmar completed a rigorous re-prioritization of their respective responses, focusing on populations with critical life-saving needs. As a result of this process, the number of people targeted decreased in Afghanistan from 16.8 million to 12.5 million. In Myanmar, the number of people targeted initially decreased from 5.5 million to 3.6 million but then went up again as the earthquake affected an additional 1.1 million people.

Access full document on hyper-prioritization.

Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans

Afghanistan

The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is marked by a lack of essential services, a strained economy, and recurring climatic and seasonal shocks. These issues create chronic needs among large population groups with weakened resilience and coping mechanisms, including vulnerable returnees who may be pushed into acute humanitarian need at any time. Additionally, restrictive policies on women’s rights, movement and participation in humanitarian activities heighten protection risks for women, girls and other at-risk groups, and complicate the provision of humanitarian assistance.

Seasonal and climate-related shocks further exacerbate humanitarian needs across Afghanistan, intensifying already precarious living conditions. Prolonged food insecurity, inadequate water and sanitation and limited healthcare access have significantly increased acute malnutrition rates among children and pregnant women. Returnees from neighboring countries, including undocumented returnees, have also heightened vulnerabilities furtherand increased the need for assistance at border points and in areas of return. An estimated 22.9 million people in Afghanistan require humanitarian assistance. For 2025, the total request for humanitarian response is $2.4 billion. Although almost half-way through the year, the HNRP is only 22 percent funded ($534.9 M). During the reprioritization exercise, partners identified $1.6 billion of urgent requirements to assist 12.5 million people.

Myanmar

Myanmar continues to face significant humanitarian challenges, driven by recurrent disasters, persistent conflict, and grave protection risks. Two powerful earthquakes on 28 March caused extensive damage in both populated cities and rural areas, leading to loss of lives, destruction of homes and infrastructure, and disruptions to livelihoods. Humanitarian needs in Myanmar have reached record levels, with 21.9 million people now identified as needing assistance. An estimated 3.5 million people have been displaced across the country, and over 1.1 million refugees are now hosted in neighbouring countries.

For 2025, the total ask for the humanitarian response is $1.14 billion. Although almost half-way through the year, the HNRP is only 12 per cent funded ($136.7M). During the reprioritization exercise, partners urgently identified $691.4 million of requirements to assist 3.6 million people through both plans.

Notwithstanding the devastating earthquake, armed conflict persists and is deepening the crisis in Myanmar. Civilians continue to flee their homes due to ongoing fighting, with the conflict restricting access to life-saving assistance and essential services for affected communities. A surge in aerial attacks and shelling since around mid-April has led to significant civilian casualties, including many children. Food insecurity is a growing concern, particularly for displaced people.

Regional Response Plans

Afghanistan Regional Response Plan

The Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for the Afghanistan situation 2024-2025 addresses one of the world's most urgent crises, covering the refugee response in Pakistan and Iran. These countries collectively host approximately five million Afghan refugees and refugee-like populations. This two-year plan, now in its second half, brings together 51 partners to provide a regional multi-stakeholder approach to strengthening humanitarian and development responses. In 2025, the plan requires $622 million but faces critical underfunding, securing only 18 per cent of the requirement, leaving a $508 million gap. In response to these severe funding constraints, partners conducted a prioritization exercise to identify the most critical interventions and populations in need, ensuring that core protection activities remain safeguarded. During this exercise, partners identified $226.1 million of prioritized requirements to meet the needs of 5.3 million people, including Afghans of other status and host communities. In 2024, the significant funding shortfall (only 29 per cent funded) severely impacted RRP partners’ ability to provide comprehensive support, leaving many vulnerable refugees and host

Bangladesh Rohingya JRP

Over one million Rohingya refugees remain in Cox’s Bazar and 36,000 on Bhasan Char, with an estimated 150,000 new arrivals undergoing biometric identification. The 2025 Joint Response Plan seeks $934.5 million to support 1.48 million people, including vulnerable host community members. With only 22 per cent funding, this leaves significant gaps in life-saving assistance and services. While halving food rations was postponed thanks to last-minute funding in April, limited support means that food will run out in September and dramatic cuts to liquid petroleum gas, soap and education have to be anticipated. Recent arrivals fleeing the conflict in Myanmar require additional humanitarian support but lack basic assistance, notably shelters as cyclone and monsoon seasons begin. The Government of Bangladesh authorized multi-sectoral aid for new arrivals and land and resources are urgently needed to provide emergency shelter support and life-saving protection and assistance. Increased international support is desperately needed to save lives and prevent a dramatic deterioration of conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp. During the recent reprioritization exercise, partners identified the most critical interventions and populations in need, ensuring that core protection activities remain safeguarded. They identified $455.5 million of priority requirements to assist 1.3 million people.

Asia and the Pacific Requirements and Funding

Between 2020 and 2024, humanitarian funding requirements in the Asia-Pacific region averaged about 11 per cent of the global total, with a high of 15 per cent in 2022 and a low of eight per cent in 2020 and 2022. The largest appeal in 2025 is the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Afghanistan which requires $2.42 billion, followed by the Myanmar plan which, including the earthquake response, requires $1.41 billion.

Funding for the region averaged around 11 per cent of the global total, with a low of eight per cent in 2020 and a high of 16 per cent in 2021 and 2022. Regional funding peaked in 2022 at $5 billion, in large part due to funding provided to Afghanistan.

Pooled Funds

Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$755.6M
Countries Assisted with 2025 Allocations
32

In May, OCHA-managed Pooled Funds disbursed $144.5 million in humanitarian grants across 11 countries to support essential and life-saving assistance. Of this total, Country-Based Pooled Funds (CBPF) and Regional Humanitarian Pooled Funds (RHPF) provided $129.5 million, while the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) contributed $15 million.

In June, Pooled Funds under OCHA’s management allocated $137.7 million in grants across eight countries to support humanitarian operations. Of this, $125.8 million was channeled through the Country and Regional Funds, with CERF provided $11.9 million.

On 20 May, the Anticipatory Action framework for cholera was triggered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after pre-agreed thresholds were reached, driven by a rise in suspected cases in Maniema and Tshopo—areas where cholera is not typically endemic but where it has spread to other regions. This activation resulted in an automatic $750,000 CERF allocation to support UNICEF, WHO, and partners in containing the outbreak and treating patients. This intervention follows a similar activation in March in North Kivu, promoted by escalating cholera risks.

On 17 June, the Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) pre-approved up to $5 million in pre-arranged CERF funding to develop a coordinated anticipatory action framework for cyclones in Myanmar. The initiative will be co-financed by the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund to ensure readiness and early response.

For more information about allocations, please visit the CBPFs’ Data Hub and CERF's website.

CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

Allocations endorsed by the ERC as of 30 June 2025

May - June Allocations (US$)
$26.9M
Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$210.1M
Countries Assisted with Allocations in May - June
6

Allocations in focus: In May, CERF allocated $10 million through its Rapid Response window to urgently address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Upper Nile, South Sudan. Ongoing bombardments, widespread displacement, and the destruction of critical infrastructure have compounded vulnerabilities in flood-prone areas, leaving displaced people, refugees, returnees, and host communities at heightened risk. Many affected populations are already experiencing food insecurity and face the threat of famine amid a prolonged cholera outbreak and weakened resilience due to previous floods. This complex crisis has overwhelmed national capacities and poses acute threats to life, health, and dignity. The allocation prioritizes a multisectoral response, including food assistance through cash-based transfers, health and nutrition services, and protection interventions with integrated support for women, children, and persons with disabilities.

In June, CERF allocated $5.9 million through its Rapid Response window to address urgent needs arising from the escalating displacement in Burkina Faso, driven by the country's ongoing multifaceted humanitarian crisis. The allocation responds to a sharp deterioration in the security situation, with over 230,000 people newly displaced between January and June 2025 - including 120,000 in April alone, marking the highest monthly figure in years. Burkina Faso continues to face a prolonged humanitarian crisis fueled by insecurity and climatic shocks, affecting more than a quarter of the population. The allocation prioritizes life-saving assistance to cover urgent needs in health, food, water, shelter, and protection services, with a focus on at-risk groups, including women, children, and persons with disabilities.

COUNTRY-BASED POOLED FUNDS

Allocations launched by 30 June 2025

May - June Allocations (US$)
$255.3M
Total 2025 Allocations (US$)
$545.5M
Countries Assisted with Allocations in May - June
11

Allocation in focus: In May, the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) allocated $12 million through its first area-based allocation to respond to escalating hostilities and persistent, catastrophic levels of need in front-line areas. With the humanitarian situation worsening due to ongoing conflict, displacement, and damage to civilian infrastructure, the allocation targets the most vulnerable populations who remain near the frontline. Priority activities include cash assistance, shelter, food, health and hygiene support, and protection services. By adopting an area-based approach, the UHF is decentralizing the funding prioritization process and enhancing national NGO leadership, drawing on local expertise to ensure a more people-centered and needs-driven response.

In June, a Chad envelope of $8 million was allocated under the Regional Fund for West and Central Africa to respond to large-scale displacement from Sudan to Chad caused by the ongoing conflict that has so far forced an estimated respond to 770,000 people to flee into eastern Chad. The allocation aims to assist approximately 88,000 refugees in Ennedi-Est and Wadi-Fira. It will also address urgent needs in the Lake region, where persistent insecurity and internal displacement continue to strain already limited services, aiming to support around 21,000 internally displaced people and members of host communities. The allocation will reinforce the capacity of local humanitarian actors and follows a localized, community-based approach led by frontline partners to identify and respond to urgent needs in a context where reception sites are overstretched and severely under-resourced.

What’s new in the Pooled Funds?

In 2024, the Pooled Funds delivered life-saving assistance for millions of people across 50 countries. These results were made possible by the generous contributions of 70 Member States, totalling $1.72 billion, and the work of frontline responders. The 2024 Annual Reports of the OCHA-managed Pooled Funds are available here:

Pooled Funds Impact Story

Cash helps returning families when they need it most

Kabul, Afghanistan.

When Leila and her family returned to Afghanistan from Iran, they had few ties to their home country. It was not an easy transition. Laila longed for her old routines, and her face lights up when she talks about her life in Iran. There, her husband had overcome drug addiction and found regular work. Leila, too, had a job and they were able to provide a modest life for their children.

When the family first returned to Afghanistan, it was difficult to find work and pay rent. Because of her husband’s illness, Laila was registered as the head of the household.

They stayed at first with family in Kabul and she worried that they would have to move to an informal settlement if they couldn’t rent a home. “It is not easy to navigate life these days, but I am trying every day to build a better future for my children,” she says.

Funded by the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ran a cash assistance project between August 2024 and May 2025 to help vulnerable families like Laila’s to pay rent during their transition. NRC also provided the cash recipients with information, counselling, and legal assistance, to ensure that they would enter valid and fair rental agreements.

This AHF-funded project enabled Laila and other women to rent suitable family apartments and feel like a huge burden has been lifted. “I feel relieved and can sleep at night now, knowing that my family has a safe space,” says Laila. She dreams of owning her own house, and the stability it would provide.

For more information: visit the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund website, and for real-time contribution and allocation data go to the Pooled Funds Data Hub.