Rich nations reduce humanitarian aid - USA, Germany, EU account for 58% of contributions to the UN
The number of people suffering from hunger around the world is increasing, while the amount of money the world's richest nations are contributing to help them is decreasing.
The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money to help about 60% of the 307 million people who will need humanitarian assistance next year. This means that at least 117 million people will not receive food or other assistance in 2025.
The U.N. will also end 2024 having collected about 46% of the $49.6 billion it requested for humanitarian aid across the globe, according to the data. It is the second year in a row that the world body has collected less than half of what it requested. Shortages have forced humanitarian agencies to make painful decisions, such as cutting rations and cutting the number of people eligible for aid.
Financial pressures and changing domestic policies are reshaping some rich nations' decisions about how much and where to give aid. One of the UN's biggest donors, Germany, has already cut $500 million in funding from 2023 to 2024 as part of overall austerity. The country's cabinet has recommended another $1 billion reduction in humanitarian aid for 2025.
Aid organizations are also watching to see what US President-elect Donald Trump proposes after he begins his second term in January. Trump's advisers have not said how he will approach humanitarian aid, but he tried to cut US funding in his first term.
The US plays a leading role in preventing and fighting hunger around the world. The country provided $64.5 billion in humanitarian aid over the past five years. This was at least 38% of the total of such contributions recorded by the UN.
Most humanitarian funding comes from just three wealthy donors: the US, Germany and the European Commission. They provided 58% of the $170 billion recorded by the United Nations in response to crises from 2020 to 2024. Three other superpowers, such as China, Russia and India, collectively contributed less than 1% of humanitarian funding during the same period. period.
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