The need for humanitarian funding in the world has increased rapidly in 2022. This is known from the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2022 report published by the United Nations (UN). The report was published by the UN for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of countries in the world.
Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2022
The Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 shows what the current global trends are in terms of humanitarian assistance conditions and needs, including conflict, climate conditions, disease, food insecurity, and countries’ compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
Since the last GHO report released in December 2021, global humanitarian assistance needs in 2022 have risen sharply. This is due to the crisis in Ukraine and the combined effects of conflict, climate change and natural disasters, cost of living crises and public health emergencies.
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Humanitarian funding needs also increased significantly from initial estimates, rising by almost US$10 billion. The percentage increase is close to 25% from the initial funding estimate of only US$41 billion. Thus, the global humanitarian funding needs as of October 2022 amounted to US$50.8 billion or approximately IDR 797.6 trillion. Currently, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in 63 countries has also increased by 18 percent, reaching 324 million people this month.
As of October 31, 2022, GHO 2022 funding has only reached US$20.7 billion or only 41 percent of the need. Even so, the 2022 GHO funding is higher in absolute terms than the end of October 2021 which was only US$14.3 billion. In addition, the 2022 GHO funding as of October is also higher in percentage terms compared to October 2021. Even so, the humanitarian funding requirement in October 2021 was only US$14 billion, lower than the current funding requirement. So while absolute funding is increasing, the gap between available funds and humanitarian funding needs continues to widen, requiring humanitarians to help more people with less.
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Of particular note are the humanitarian appeals from people in dire need in countries facing severe food insecurity.
Currently, Humanitarian can only fund half of the requests. Some requests are funded at or above the average GHO coverage of 41%, while others are funded at less than average. If there is no significant growth in humanitarian funding by the end of the year, this year’s humanitarian funding ratio will be the worst in ten years, with an average ratio of 60%.
More details on the 2022 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) can be downloaded here.