Global Humanitarian Overview 2021

People in need

249.5m

People targeted

171m

Overall funding requirements

$36.66bn

Total Funding

$12.55bn

Countries affected

Humanitarian needs and requirements

In 2021, 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This number has risen to 1 in 33 people worldwide - a significant increase from 1 in 45 at the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2020, which was already the highest figure in decades. The UN and partner organisations aim to assist 160 million people most in need across 56 countries and will require a total of $35 billion to do so.

The GHO 2021 looks more holistically at the effects of COVID-19. Amid ongoing violent conflict, rising hunger and the effects of climate change, the pandemic will continue to have an impact in 2021. As the health and non-health effects of COVID-19 merge with other shocks, humanitarian programming is also adjusting to treat it in a more integrated manner.

Interagency Response Plans in 2021

	People		Funding progress (USD)
Interagency Response Plans	In Need	Targeted	Funding	Funding Coverage	Requirements
Afghanistan (published)HRP	18.4m	17.7m	549.1m	63.2%	$868.7m
Burkina Faso (published)HRP	3.5m	2.9m	147.4m	24.2%	$607.9m
Burundi (published)HRP	2.3m	1.1m	39.9m	20.5%	$194.7m
Cameroon (published)HRP	4.4m	3m	105.1m	29.1%	$361.6m
Central African Republic (published)HRP	2.8m	1.8m	262.5m	59.0%	$444.8m
Chad (published)HRP	5.5m	4m	116.5m	18.9%	$617.5m
Colombia (published)HRP	6.7m	1.4m	167.9m	96.5%	$174m
Democratic Republic of Congo (published)HRP	19.6m	9.6m	539.9m	27.2%	$1.98bn
El Salvador (published)HRP	1.7m	0.9m	7m	16.6%	$42.2m
EthiopiaHRP	No data	No data	0	0.0%	$0
Guatemala (published)HRP	3.8m	1.7m	24.8m	44.0%	$56.3m
Haiti (published)HRP	4.4m	1.5m	40.8m	17.3%	$235.6m
Honduras (published)HRP	2.8m	1.8m	25.7m	32.6%	$78.9m
Iraq (published)HRP	4.1m	1.5m	222.7m	36.7%	$607.2m
Libya (published)HRP	1.3m	451k	93.5m	49.4%	$189.1m
Mali (published)HRP	5.9m	4.7m	122.2m	21.7%	$563.3m
Mozambique (published)HRP	1.3m	1m	137m	53.9%	$254.1m
Myanmar (published)HRP	1m	0.9m	129.1m	46.7%	$276.5m
Niger (published)HRP	3.8m	2.1m	118.5m	22.7%	$523.2m
Nigeria (published)HRP	8.7m	6.4m	445.9m	44.3%	$1.01bn
occupied Palestinian territory (published)HRP	2.4m	1.8m	284.7m	68.2%	$417.6m
Pakistan (published)HRP	11m	4.3m	68m	20.5%	$332m
Somalia (published)HRP	5.9m	4m	490.4m	44.9%	$1.09bn
South Sudan (published)HRP	8.3m	6.6m	980.8m	58.5%	$1.68bn
Sudan (published)HRP	13.4m	8.9m	487.2m	25.1%	$1.94bn
Syria (published)HRP	13m	10.5m	1.2bn	27.8%	$4.22bn
Ukraine (published)HRP	3.4m	1.9m	53.1m	31.6%	$168m
Venezuela (published)HRP	7m	4.5m	192.2m	27.1%	$708.1m
Yemen (published)HRP	20.7m	16m	2.1bn	54.0%	$3.85bn
Zimbabwe (published)HRP	6.8m	4.5m	76.8m	15.1%	$507m
Afghanistan Flash Appeal (Published)FA	No data	No data	117.4m	19.4%	$606.3m
oPt Flash Appeal (published)FA	1.3m	1.1m	29.3m	30.8%	$95.1m
Haiti Flash Appeal (published)FA	0.7m	0.5m	13.1m	7.0%	$187.3m
Honduras Flash Appeal (published)FA	2.3m	450k	60.1m	66.7%	$90.1m
Madagascar Flash Appeal (published)FA	1.6m	1.3m	106.1m	63.9%	$166.2m
Rohingyas (JRP) (published)RRP	1.3m	1.3m	382m	40.5%	$943.1m
Burundi (RRP) (Published)RRP	0.6m	0.6m	4.5m	2.4%	$190.7m
Democratic Republic of Congo (RRP) (Published)RRP	2m	2m	4.9m	0.9%	$534.3m
Venezuela (RMRP) (published)RRP	7.2m	3.3m	422.1m	29.3%	$1.44bn
The Horn of Africa and Yemen (MRP)RRP	0.6m	311k	5.6m	8.2%	$68.2m
South Sudan (RRP) (published)RRP	4.1m	4.1m	35.9m	4.1%	$866.9m
Syria (3RP) (published)RRP	10.3m	10.3m	1.1bn	18.6%	$5.85bn
Lebanon ERPNon HRP	1.9m	1.1m	124.1m	32.4%	$383m
Myanmar Interim (published)Other	No data	2m	2.3m	2.1%	$109.2m
Nepal Covid-19 Response Plan 2021 (published)Non HRP	4.9m	0.8m	3.2m	3.8%	$83.6m