Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026 / Part 1: Humanitarian Needs

1.3 Key figures

More than 1 in 10 households (13.7 per cent)

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are missing at least one family member, often due to conflict-related disappearances and separation during flight.

23.7 per cent of households

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report at least one member in psychological distress.

35 per cent of households

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in the Kordofan region indicate direct or indirect experience with serious threats to their safety, compared to 7 per cent at national level.

More than 12 million people in Sudan,

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mostly women and girls, are at risk of GBV, a figure that has surged by 350 per cent since the conflict began.

92 aid workers

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have been killed, injured, kidnapped or detained in 2025, 90 of whom were national staff.

65 attacks on health care were reported in 2025

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killing 1,620 health workers and patients.

More than 72,000 cases of cholera

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have been reported in 2025 as of end October, following the country’s cholera outbreak declaration in August 2024.

58 per cent of people rely on negative coping strategies for food,

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including skipping meals or reducing portion size.

21 per cent of affected households

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reported selling productive assets to meet food needs.

Severe food insecurity

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among female-headed households nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025 (14 to 26 per cent).

Nearly one third (32 per cent) of displaced households and one fifth (20 per cent) of returnee households

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report at least one member going a whole day and night without eating.

Only 23 per cent

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of internally displaced children attend formal education.

Nearly 1 in 3 women

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are not aware of available maternal and reproductive health services.

Only 1 in 5 female-headed households receive cash assistance,

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compared to nearly 1 in 3 male-headed households.

Sources: IOM. Multi-Sector Needs Assessment, August 2025 (23 October 2025) (link); UNFPA Sudan June Sit Rep (UNFPA June Sit Rep); WHO Surveillance system for attacks on health care (WHO SSA); Sudan: Women, Food Insecurity, and Famine Risk in Sudan, Gender Snapshot (21 July 2025) (GiHA); UNHCR Protection Brief Sudan (August); Aid Worker Security Database