Financials
UNHCR prepares a Biennial Programme Budget, broken down into annual budgets based on globally assessed needs. The original programme budget is presented to UNHCR’s main governing body, the Executive Committee (ExCom), prior to the start of the biennium. Needs are re-assessed during the biennium and a revised budget is presented to ExCom for approval in October of each year. The current budget may be adjusted for unforeseen needs that arise in the course of the year by means of supplementary budgets. The final budget from the previous year is presented to ExCom’s Standing Committee at its June/July meeting each year.
The trends presented below highlight the increase in needs, as well as in contributions from donors, to UNHCR’s programmes worldwide. Over the past few years, UNHCR has been hugely challenged to respond to the needs of record numbers of people forced to flee by a growing number of conflicts. By the third quarter of 2015, 33 UN appeals were only 42 per cent funded, and UNHCR’s voluntary contributions stood at just 40 per cent of its current budget for 2015, including supplementary requirements. Never before has UNHCR had to manage its programmed operations with such a high funding gap between approved budgetary requirements and funds received.
The financial information displayed on this website is subject to frequent updates and may vary from the information published in governance documents presented to the Executive Committee and its Standing Committee at their formal meetings throughout the year.
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* Current year(s) data is not final and will continue to be updated during the course of the year.
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The following table and map provide an overview of UNHCR’s budgets and expenditure for programmed activities by region and pillar. For details by subregion or operation, click on the respective links. Annual budget and expenditure details for Global Programmes and Headquarters are available in the respective Global Appeals/Reports.
2016 Global Requirements - Programmed Activities
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
| Region | Pillar 1 Refugee Programme |
Pillar 2 Stateless Programme |
Pillar 3 Reintegration Projects |
Pillar 4 IDP Projects |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | Budget | 1,826,350,190 | 22,774,429 | 129,964,480 | 309,971,693 | 2,289,060,791 |
| Americas | Budget | 75,838,632 | 9,217,069 | 0 | 30,521,660 | 115,577,361 |
| Asia and the Pacific | Budget | 347,663,653 | 13,751,468 | 102,172,719 | 70,753,987 | 534,341,828 |
| Europe | Budget | 441,665,686 | 9,126,466 | 4,794,350 | 61,304,483 | 516,890,985 |
| Middle East and North Africa | Budget | 1,264,017,926 | 2,086,164 | 26,707,855 | 752,338,315 | 2,045,150,260 |
| Global Programmes and Headquarters | Budget | 556,379,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 556,379,912 |
| Total Programmed Activities | Budget | 4,511,916,000 | 56,955,596 | 263,639,404 | 1,224,890,138 | 6,057,401,137 |
2016 Global Requirements - Programmed Activities
*Please note that the totals presented in tables and charts on this website may not add up due to rounding. All figures are displayed in USD; figures on the map are displayed in millions.
Emergency Appeals
South Sudan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 16 December 2015
A total of USD 637,5 million* is requested for the period January - December 2016, including :
Winterization Plan for the Refugee Crisis in Europe 5 November 2015
A total of USD 96.15 million* in supplementary financial requirements for winterization activities (November 2015 to February 2016), including:
Revised Yemen Situation Emergency Response 16 October 2015
A total of USD 152.7 million* in financial requirements for the Yemen Situation, including USD 96.3 million in additional requirements, for the period April - December 2015:
Yemen Situation Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan 9 October 2015
A total of USD 36,4 million requested for the period October - December 2015, including
- USD 20 million for Somalia
- USD 8,3 million for Djibouti
- USD 6,1 million for Ethiopia
- USD 1,2 million for Sudan
Revised Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan 6 October 2015
A total of USD 306,6 million requested for the period April ‐ September 2015, including :
- USD 19.7 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- USD 111,4 million for Rwanda
- USD 154,0 million for Tanzania
- USD 21,3 million for Uganda
Special Mediterranean Initiative 30 September 2015
A total of USD 128 million in total financial requirements for the Special Mediterranean Initiative (SMI) from June 2015 to December 2016, including USD 77.4 million in supplementary requirements.
This includes:
- USD 66.5 million for Europe*
- USD 38.6 million for Africa*
- USD 11.8 million for MENA*
Revised Burundi Supplementary Appeal 11 August 2015
A total of USD 221.8 million* requested for the period April - December 2015, including:
- USD 85.5. million for Rwanda
- USD 98.8 million for Tanzania
- USD 13.4 million for Uganda
- USD 14.6 million for Burundi
- USD 9.5 million for Democratic Republic of the Congo
* This includes headquarters and regional coordination, as well as support costs (7%)
Refugee Response in Afghanistan 15 July 2015
A total of USD 17.1 million in supplementary* requirements
* The requirements highlighted in this appeal document are in addition to those presented in UNHCR’s Global Appeal 2015 Update. They are fully reflected in the 2015 Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan.
Revised Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Initiative 12 June 2015
A total of USD 13 million in financial requirements* for the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea Initiative in the affected countries of:
- USD 802,500 for Bangladesh
- USD 1.63 million for Indonesia
- USD 1.56 million for Malaysia
- USD 5.51 million for Myanmar
- USD 2.26 million for Thailand
* This includes headquarters and regional coordination, as well as support costs (7%)
Revised Nigeria Situation Emergency Response 8 May 2015
A total of USD 114.5 million in financial requirements* for the Nigeria Situation, including USD 97.5 million additional financial requirements, in 2015:
- USD 37.6 million for Cameroon
- USD 16.5 million for Chad
- USD 30.2 million for Niger
- USD 29.6 million for Nigeria
Nigeria Regional Refugee Response Plan 21 April 2015
A total of USD 174,4 million requested for the period January‐December 2015, including :
- USD 62.8 million for Cameroon
- USD 30.1 million for Chad
- USD 81,4 million for Niger
Revised South Sudan Situation Emergency Response 8 April 2015
A total of USD 779.4 million financial requirements* for the South Sudan Situation, including:
- USD 146.2 million for Ethiopia
- USD 36.1 million for Kenya
- USD 414 million for South Sudan
- USD 65.6 million for Sudan
- USD 97.5 million for Uganda
* This total also includes USD 2.6 million for headquarters and regional coordination, and USD 17.4 million for support costs (7%).
Revised Iraq Situation Emergency Response 17 March 2015
A total of USD 621.5 million* financial requirements for the Iraq Situation, including:
- USD 465.58 million for Iraq (IDPs and other persons of concern)
- USD 40.81 million for Jordan
- USD 10.59 million for Lebanon
- USD 57.29 million for Syrian Arab Republic
- USD 16.79 million for Turkey
Ebola Regional Response Plan 3 March 2015
A total of USD 15.9 million* in financial requirements, including :
- USD 1.9 million for Guinea
- USD 9.5 million for Liberia
- USD 0.2 million for Sierra Leone
- USD 4.2 million for West Africa non-affected countries
*This total includes support costs (7 per cent).
Ukraine Situation Emergency Response 6 February 2015
A total of USD 41.5 million additional requirements, for the period January‐December 2015, including :
- USD 40.5 million for Ukraine
- USD 0.4 million for Belarus
- USD 0.2 million for the Republic of Moldova
- USD 0.4 million for regional costs**
Central African Republic Regional Refugee Response Plan 22 January 2015
A total of USD 331 million requested for the period January‐December 2015, including :
- USD 145.3 million for Cameroon
- USD 87 million for DR of Congo
- USD 72.9 million for Chad
- USD 26 million for Congo
This section displays information on contributions and earmarking trends, including individual donor profiles.
Contribution by Region
Information on contributions by region and by year
*Contribution data is refreshed on a monthly basis
Earmarking Trend
Information about the level of earmarking of contributions over the last five years
*Contribution data is refreshed on a monthly basis
Donor Profiles
The above chart shows the respective share of contributions by UNHCR’s main donors over the last five years. Detailed information on donors’ contributions is available in this section, including individual donor profiles and rankings of governmental donors.