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Situation in Numbers
33 million
People affected by heavy rains and floods
9.6 million
Children in need of humanitarian assistance
20.6 million
People in need of humanitarian assistance
Highlights
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The floods of 2022 affected 33 million people with 1,739 lives lost, and more than 2.2 million houses damaged or destroyed. Around 8 million people were displaced, with approximately 4.5 million people still exposed to or living close to flooded areas, with continued assistance required in 2023.
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Based on the severity of the damage and the extreme cold weather, 35 districts nationally were identified as most exposed to winter conditions.
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In the flood affected districts, 95,371 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) (42,498 boys and 52,873 girls) have been enrolled for treatment, with 26,514 new admissions during the reporting period.
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UNICEF has reached 1,195,088 people with access to safe drinking water.
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Through UNICEF-supported health facilities, 1,567,147 people benefitted from PHC services and 1,194,940 children were immunized against measles.
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UNICEF established 996 Temporary Learning Centers and supports education for 163,383 children through various modalities.
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UNICEF supported 302,212 children and caregivers access mental health and psychosocial support.
Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs
Moving into 2023, urgent and significant humanitarian needs remain which require continued focus and support, even as reconstruction and rehabilitation begin under the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and Resilient, Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Framework (4RF).
The 2022 flood was equivalent to nearly 2.9 times the national 30-year average – and a combination of riverine, urban, and flash flooding led to a record flood in which 94 districts were declared calamity-hit. The widespread flooding and landslides resulted in major losses of human lives and damage to property and infrastructure. Around 33 million people were affected, nearly 8 million people were reportedly displaced, and as per UN Satellite Centre imagery around 4.5 million people are still exposed to or living close to flood water. As per the last NDMA situation report, 1,739 people lost their lives (of which 647 were children), 12,867 were injured (including 4,006 children) and more than 2.28 million houses were damaged (partially damaged: 1,391,467 and fully damaged: 897,014).
An estimated 20.6 million people, including 9.6 million children, need humanitarian assistance. Many of the hardest-hit districts are amongst the most vulnerable districts in Pakistan, where children already suffer from high malnutrition, poor access to water and sanitation, low school enrolment, and other deprivations. Moreover, the effects of the floods have worsened pre-existing vulnerabilities to key child-protection issues and gender-based violence (GBV). Children, particularly those living in poverty, are at a higher risk of being forced into child labour, child marriage and violence. The affected area in need of community-based psychosocial support and specialized interventions. As per the PDNA, beyond the increase in monetary poverty, estimates indicate an increase in multidimensional poverty from 37.8 per cent to 43.7 per cent, meaning that an additional 1.9 million households will be pushed into non-monetary poverty. This entails significantly increased deprivations around access to adequate health, sanitation, quality maternal health care, electricity, and loss of assets. Multidimensional poverty will increase by 13 percentage points in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), followed by 10.9 in Balochistan, and 10.2 in Sindh province.
As per the latest available reports, more than 5.4 million people do not have access to safe or potable water in flood-affected districts. An estimated 1.1 million people are at risk of sliding from acute food and livelihood crisis (IPC3) situations to humanitarian emergency (IPC4) food security situations due to insufficient support. Malaria outbreaks have been reported in at least 12 districts of Sindh and Balochistan. Over 7 million children and women need immediate access to nutrition services. An estimated 3.5 million children, especially girls, are at high risk of permanent school dropouts.