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UNHCR relies almost entirely on voluntary contributions from governments, UN and pooled funding mechanisms, intergovernmental institutions and the private sector. We work all year round to raise funds for our programmes and address new emergencies as they occur.
Regularly updated information about our operations, financial requirements and donor contributions is available on the Global Focus website, our main operational reporting platform for donors.
In a complex environment with fast shifting needs and priorities, we depend on donors to provide contributions that can be allocated as flexibly as possible. These allow us to direct funds where they are most needed, providing protection, shelter, water, health, education and other essentials to millions of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless and internally displaced people around the world.
Top Donors
| 2017: Top 10 government donors * | |
|---|---|
| Donor | USD |
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* As at 30 January 2018 |
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| United States of America | 1,450,360,238 |
| Germany | 476,918,668 |
| European Union | 436,036,986 |
| Japan | 152,359,773 |
| United Kingdom | 136,219,370 |
| Sweden | 111,958,945 |
| Norway | 98,941,956 |
| Canada | 81,879,293 |
| Netherlands | 75,711,468 |
| Denmark | 58,370,565 |
Donor profiles
All donors who have funded UNHCR's activities in recent years are included in this section on our Global Focus website.
- 2018 Donor Ranking (as of 24 September)
Seeing where your donations are spent
Many who give to aid organizations want to see more about where the funding they give is spent, what it is spent on, and how it has made a difference to the lives of people in need. By signing up to IATI, the International Aid Transparency Initiative, UNHCR can now provide greater levels of detail on its financial and results information.
You can find out more about how this works, along with the information UNHCR is displaying, here.