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.
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.
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.
