This page offers budget and expenditure information going back to 2015.
UNHCR's activities are based on an annual budget that reflects global needs. It includes a budget for the coming calendar year, which is submitted to the UNHCR Executive Committee for approval in October, and subsequent Supplementary Budgets that reflect needs arising from new emergencies during the year.
UNHCR appeals for funding on the basis of these approved budgets, and its expenditure is a function of the quantity and quality of funding that it receives.
Budget data last updated 31 August 2023.
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Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
All other years are considered final for budget and expenditure data.
Financials
Budget and expenditure by Impact area
Impact areas
Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
Outcome and enabling areas
Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
Budget by operation
Source: 2023 budget as approved by the Executive Committee in October 2022.
2022 current budget as approved by the High Commissioner as of October 2022; pending presentation to the ExCom's Standing Committee.
All other years are considered final for budget and expenditure data.
Expenditure by operation
Budget by operation
Funding UNHCR's programmes in 2022
An overview
UNHCR’s final 2022 budget was $10.714 billion, having increased from the 2022 original budget of $8.994 billion, as four supplementary budgets totalling $1.720 billion were added during the year. In 2022, expenditure rose by 14% to $5.607 billion, leading to an implementation rate (expenditure over total funds available) of 91%. Funds available reached $6.180 billion, leaving an overall funding gap – funds available compared to the needs-based budget of $10.714 billion – of 42%, down from 44% in 2021.
Budget
The Executive Committee at its 72nd session in October 2021 approved an original global needs-based budget for 2022 of $8.994 billion. It comprised programmed activities of $8.554 billion; an operational reserve of $428 million; and $12 million for Junior Professional Officers. The final budget represents the sum of the original budget of $8.994 billion and four supplementary budgets totalling $1.720 billion.
Supplementary budgets
The need to respond to new or worsening crises led to the issuance of four supplementary budgets for $1.720 billion: $1.417 billion for the Ukraine situation; $233.9 million for humanitarian needs of IDPs in the Afghanistan situation; $59.6 million for the emergency in Cameroon and Chad, as part of the Cameroon situation; and $10 million for the monsoon floods under the Pakistan situation.
Programmed activities
Programmed activities are field operations; global programmes, which are technical activities undertaken by Headquarters, but which are of direct benefit to field operations; and the work of Headquarters to provide leadership and management, policy guidance, administrative support, and managerial and programmatic assistance to the field.
How UNHCR's activities relate to the four impact areas in the 2022 budget | USD millions
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Related documents
Underfunded Report
Global Report 2022
Global Appeal 2023
