Global Humanitarian Overview 2023

As of mid-June 2023, the Global Humanitarian Overview requires $54.8 billion to assist 249 million of the 362 million people in need. The GHO is made up of 26 Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP), nine regional plans, five Flash Appeals, and other types of plans. Requirements this year are around $8.4 billion more compared to the mid-year point in 2022, representing an increase of 18 per cent, which is smaller than the almost 30 per cent increase experienced in the first semester of 2022.

Donors have provided $10.7 billion as of mid-year for the GHO plans, which represents 20 per cent of the total required this year. This is the same as the 20 per cent coverage in both mid-June of 2021 and 2022. However, coverage of the plans in the GHO varies widely. Twenty-five out of 43 inter-agency response plans (58 per cent) are currently funded below the global average of 20 per cent. This is about the same percentage as in 2022 and 2021, suggesting that the imbalance in funding coverage for appeals remains a protracted problem. In absolute terms, Afghanistan (- $950 million), Ukraine (- $600 million) and Syria ( - $60 million) have seen the sharpest decreases in funding compared to the same time last year. Conversely, the following plans have seen increases in both absolute funding and coverage compared to the same time last year: Burkina Faso, Burundi, DRC, El Salvador, Haiti, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan.

The gap between financial requirements and resources currently stands at $43 billion – the highest ever. This is more than double the entire requirements of the GHO ($20 billion) in 2016.

An additional $4.4 billion of humanitarian funding has been channelled outside the GHO, bringing total humanitarian funding to $15 billion. This is about the same as the $15 billion reported by donors and humanitarian partners at the same period last year.

More comparisons and trends can be found in the pages that follow. As always, trends at mid-year are indicative and the situations in countries and regions can fluctuate due to unforeseen disasters or the deterioration of existing crises.