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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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 | 2,006,887,785 | 22,934,929 | 127,030,518 | 318,518,790 | 2,475,372,022 |
| Americas | Budget | 80,895,472 | 9,713,338 | 0 | 35,521,660 | 126,130,470 |
| Asia and the Pacific | Budget | 346,924,790 | 13,645,160 | 102,164,874 | 70,761,066 | 533,495,890 |
| Europe | Budget | 797,217,421 | 9,156,466 | 4,794,350 | 61,304,483 | 872,472,719 |
| Middle East and North Africa | Budget | 1,251,359,794 | 2,287,131 | 26,707,855 | 811,428,494 | 2,091,783,274 |
| Global Programmes and Headquarters | Budget | 637,757,907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637,757,907 |
| Total Programmed Activities | Budget | 5,121,043,169 | 57,737,024 | 260,697,597 | 1,297,534,493 | 6,737,012,283 |
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.
Supplementary Appeals and Interagency Response Plans
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe 9 June 2016
A total of USD 669.9 million is requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 466.8 million for Greece
- USD 73.9 million for Turkey
- USD 26 million for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- USD 20.7 million for Serbia
- USD 7.4 million for Croatia
- USD 6.9 million for Slovenia
- USD 67.9 million for regional activities
Read the revised Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe here.
Resettlement and Pathways Supplementary Appeal 12 February 2016
In order to scale up resettlement and solutions initiatives, UNHCR has established a supplementary budget totalling USD 39.2 million in additional requirements in 2016, including support costs.
Read the entire Supplementary Appeal here.
Yemen Situation Supplementary Appeal 2 February 2016
Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe 19 January 2016
A total of USD 550,5 million is requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including:
- USD 36,6 million for Turkey
- USD 299,9 million for Greece
- USD 39,4 million for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- USD 46,9 million the for Serbia
- USD 27,4 million the for Croatia
- USD 17,5 million the for Slovenia
- USD 82,7 million the for regional activities
Burundi Situation Supplementary Appeal 22 December 2015
A total of USD 175.1 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including:
- USD 10.4 million for Burundi
- USD 8.1 million for the DRC
- USD 60 million for Rwanda
- USD 70 million for Tanzania
- USD 14.3 million for Uganda
- USD 0.25 million for Zambia
Regional Refugee & Resilience Plan 2016-2017 in Response to the Syria Crisis 18 December 2015
A total of USD 4,55 billion requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 146,6 million for Egypt
- USD 298,3 million for Iraq
- USD 1,1 billion for Jordan
- USD 1,7 billion for Lebanon
- USD 806,9 million for Turkey
- USD 435,5 million for regional activities
Central African Republic Regional Refugee Response Plan 18 December 2015
A total of USD 345,7 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 130,8 million for Cameroon
- USD 89,8 million for Chad
- USD 96,8 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- USD 28,3 million the for the Republic of the Congo
Nigeria Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 18 December 2015
A total of USD 198,8 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 56,4 million for Cameroon
- USD 30,3 million for Chad
- USD 112,1 million for Niger
Burundi Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 16 December 2015
A total of USD 313,9 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 23,4 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- USD 94,5 million for Rwanda
- USD 174,1 million for Tanzania
- USD 21,9 million for Uganda
Yemen Situation Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan 16 December 2015
A total of USD 94,1 million is requested for the period January - December 2016, including
- USD 39.3 million for Somalia
- USD 29 million for Djibouti
- USD 20 million for Ethiopia
- USD 4,3 million for Sudan
South Sudan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan 16 December 2015
A total of USD 637,5 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :
- USD 284,4 million for Ethiopia
- USD 47,6 million for Kenya
- USD 141,2 million for Sudan
- USD 164,3 million the for Uganda
*The total programmatic response of USD 637,5 includes government requirements in Ethiopia amounting to USD 7,133,195.
The results of the Pledging Conference for UNHCR's 2016 programmes are now availble here. To view recent trends of the Pledging Conference, click here.
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.