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2026-03-10 · billion USD (nominal)

Who funds humanitarian response?

Governments still dominate — private giving and foundations fill gaps.

Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides global humanitarian funding (illustrative) (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — OECD DAC governments, Private donations, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 0.1 billion USD (nominal) (0.1% of global humanitarian funding (illustrative)) · 1,000 cells

Who funds humanitarian response?. Governments still dominate — private giving and foundations fill gaps.

Context

The 2026 figures from OWID — Humanitarian aid put OECD DAC governments at 62% of global humanitarian funding (illustrative) and Private donations at 18% — about 100 billion USD (nominal) in this edition's rounding.

global humanitarian funding (illustrative) — illustrative shares via Our World in Data / OCHA themes.

Rounded to 1,000 cells.

global humanitarian funding (illustrative) — illustrative shares via Our World in Data / OCHA themes. Rounded to 1,000 cells.

  • OWID — Humanitarian aid

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