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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.

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.

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.


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