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Met and unmet United Nations (UN) requirements for Nigeria's humanitarian support (2016-2024)
Key takeaways:
  • The highest percentage of requirements was met in 2019.
  • Less than 50 percent of UN funds targeted towards Nigeria's humanitarian aid was realised in 2023.
  • As of 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, approximately 58 percent of the UN target for Nigeria's humanitarian support was raised, which is lower than the percentage realised in 2019 and 2021.
  • Every year, Nigeria obtains at least 40% of the UN's humanitarian aid needs.

The United Nations' (UN) achieved requirements for Nigeria’s humanitarian response plan (2016 - 2024)
Key takeaways:
  • The highest amount of funds raised for Nigeria’s humanitarian aid was recorded in 2017 at $770 million.
  • From 2019 to 2020, there was only a slight increase of 0.3% in the amount raised.
  • By 2023, a decline of 23.42% from 2022's raised funds was witnessed, and it is the lowest decline experienced since 2017.
  • Regardless of fluctuations in annual assistance, Nigeria continued to receive humanitarian aid from the United Nations.

Population of people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2025 - Top 15 countries
Key takeaways:  
  • Most countries can only target 50-70% of their populations in need.
  • Sudan has the greatest humanitarian requirements, with 30.44 million people affected, and it is projected that only 69% will receive help, leaving 10 million individuals unsupported.
  • Myanmar exhibits the largest gap, with over 19.9 million people in need and only 5.5 million targeted for assistance.
  • The situation in Ukraine leaves nearly 7 million individuals without adequate assistance while targeting approximately 6 million individuals.

UN's 2025 requirements to address Africa's humanitarian crisis
Key takeaways:
  • Sudan is the highest recipient of UN humanitarian aid among African nations in need of humanitarian support and the only North African country receiving such assistance.
  • Nigeria is among the top nine African nations that will each receive humanitarian aid worth more than $700 million.
  • Zambia and Malawi will receive humanitarian support of less than $100 million each.
  • Six countries among the African countries facing humanitarian crises are to receive UN support worth more than $1 billion each.

Proportion of individuals in need in Africa set to receive United Nations' support (2025)
Key takeaways:
  • Mozambique and Chad exhibit the greatest coverage rates for individuals in need of support.
  • Less than half of those in need in Nigeria and Zimbabwe are projected to receive UN assistance.
  • At least 40% of individuals in need across African nations are expected to receive UN support.
  • No nation benefits from full support for individuals requiring humanitarian aid within its borders.

UN 2025 requirements for addressing humanitarian crisis across affected countries
Key takeaways:
  • Sudan requires the largest amount of humanitarian assistance, exceeding $4.16 billion.
  • The Syrian Arab Republic is second on the list of recipients, requiring $4 billion in humanitarian aid.
  • A total of eleven top countries are set to receive over $1 billion each in support, with the leading six countries requiring more than $2.4 billion each.
  • The top ten countries account for over 75% of total global humanitarian needs, which exceeds $32 billion.

Top countries by population in need of humanitarian aid in 2025
Key takeaways:
  • The crisis in Ukraine, affecting about 12.7 million people, represents 5.13% of the global humanitarian needs.
  • The top eleven nations account for more than 70% of global humanitarian demands, with over 177 million individuals requiring aid.
  • Sudan has the highest number of individuals requiring assistance (30.4 million), which is 12.29% of the total global figure.
  • Both Nigeria and Chad report 7.8 million individuals in need, which is 3.15% of the total global humanitarian need.

The United Nations (UN) unmet requirements for Nigeria’s humanitarian support (2016-2024)​
Key takeaways:
  • In 2024, there was a sharp drop in unrealised humanitarian funds from the amount received in 2023.
  • The rate at which the amount of unrealised humanitarian aid increased from 2022 to 2023 is approximately the same rate at which the unrealised amount dropped in 2024.
  • The lowest amount of unrealised funding was recorded in 2016.
  • The UN secured $632 million of the $1.08 billion needed for humanitarian assistance in Nigeria in 2020.

The United Nation’s planned assistance for Nigeria's humanitarian response plan
Key takeaways:
  • The funding requirements for humanitarian assistance in Nigeria reached their highest in 2023 but significantly fell in 2024.
  • From 2016 to 2025, there has been an 89% rise in the United Nations' planned assistance.
  • The funding appeal peaked at $1.31 billion in 2023, representing a 16% increase compared to 2022.
  • During the global lockdown in 2020, the United Nations required a humanitarian funding target of $1.08 billion for Nigeria.

HIV/AIDS in Nigeria got nearly 3x more funding from the US than Malaria in 2023
 
  • The US dusbursed $512 million to Nigeria’s health sector during the fiscal year.
  • The US allocated over $232 million to HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that this freeze could reverse decades of progress in HIV prevention and treatment, with the potential to worsen global health outcomes.
  • PEPFAR, a US initiative, provides HIV treatment for over 20 million people worldwide.

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