UN: International humanitarian funding for Ukraine has dropped significantly
30 December 10:33
As of December 26, the level of funding for Ukraine’s humanitarian response plan for 2025 was 51.8%, while the similar plan for 2024 was 70% funded as of December 30.
This is stated in the data of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
This reduction occurred despite a decrease in the volume of the plan itself by almost $0.5 billion, or 15.4% – from $3.11 billion last year to $2.63 billion this year.
The reduction in funding for individual programs in 2025 is even greater, although the size of these programs has also been reduced.
Thus, with a planned need of $803.4 million for UNHCR for Ukraine this year, as of November 30, the level of its funding was 44%, while last year on this date this figure was 55% of $993.3 million.
UNHCR’s Regional Refugee Response Plan, set at $690.3 million for this year, was 32% funded as of September 30, compared to 37% of $1.08 billion last year.
“The sharp, sudden decline in humanitarian funding globally has had far-reaching consequences for almost all sectors of the response in Ukraine. Humanitarian organizations have been forced to scale back or suspend critical programs due to funding constraints,” OCHA noted in the first three months of this year, when Ukraine’s $2.63 billion humanitarian response plan was funded by 17%.
It was emphasized that there were significant gaps in the response in key sectors such as water, health, social and legal protection and cash assistance.
To recap, the largest donors to Ukraine’s humanitarian response plan this year are the European Commission – $249.8 million, Norway – $179.1 million, Germany – $170.3 million, the United States – $148.6 million, the United Kingdom – $103.6 million, Switzerland – $65.6 million, Italy – $53.6 million, South Korea – $49.5 million, Denmark – $37.2 million, and France – $28.7 million.
