Germany
Germany

Germany is among UNHCR’s largest donors and a key partner to UNHCR in the global protection of refugees, returnees, internally displaced and stateless persons, while also being a very important refugee-hosting country.
Total contributions in 2025 to date
93.39% of the total contributions is flexible funding.
The total contributions shown include contributions from the government and the private sector. Visit our donor ranking page to learn where Germany stands among other donors according to their contributions.
Source of income
Government
Government contributions in 2025 to date
Earmarking level
Earmarking level
Private sector
Private contributions in 2025 to date
Earmarking level
Earmarking level
UNHCR’s national partner in Germany (UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe) channels support from the private sector, mobilizing over $14.6 million in 2025 to date in vital resources for displaced communities worldwide.
Germany's support for UNHCR
Germany’s support for refugees is unwavering and multifaceted. Germany has become the third largest refugee-hosting country in the world and the largest in the EU, with 2.5 million refugees from all over the world, including more than 1 million refugees from Ukraine. In addition to these high numbers of spontaneously arriving people in need of international protection, Germany is also engaging in resettlement and has become a leading partner for UNHCR in this area.
Moreover, Germany’s outstanding role as a large donor has been reinforced by the provision of significant portions of its financial support through flexible funding by the Federal Foreign Office (FFO), which allows UNHCR to protect and assist displaced people in some of the largest emergency situations around the world, including Syria, Ukraine and Afghanistan, and also in crises that receive less international media attention, such as the Sudan situation. Since 2021, over 80% of Germany’s funding to UNHCR has been softly earmarked, making it UNHCR’s most flexible donor.
Vital protection activities such as prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence, the identification and registration of refugees, documentation support, legal aid and counselling are just a few of the key interventions made possible through Germany's assistance.
For decades, Germany has been a pioneer in higher education for refugees. In 1992, UNHCR and the German government launched the Refugee Higher Education Scholarship Programme, known as the "Deutsche Akademische Flüchtlingsinitiative Albert Einstein" or the DAFI scholarship program. As UNHCR’s flagship tertiary education scholarship program, it is the cornerstone of the UNHCR 15by30 Roadmap, which aims at raising levels of refugee participation in higher education to 15% by 2030. In over 30 years, the DAFI program has helped more than 22,500 young refugee women and men in 55 countries to obtain an accredited higher education qualification in their first country of asylum.
Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has also become a key strategic partner for UNHCR, supporting the goals of the Global Compact on Refugees and setting a powerful example to the world on the need for increased responsibility-sharing.
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Overview of support in 2024
The charts below present data on funding received from both private sector and government contributions.
Earmarking of funding from Germany
Top 5 emergencies receiving German funding
National partner: UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe
UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe is the German National Partner of UNHCR, founded in 1980 to support the work of the UN Refugee Agency through fundraising and awareness-raising in Germany. It mobilizes support from individuals, foundations, and businesses to help people fleeing war, persecution, and disaster.
As one of UNHCR’s longest-standing National Partners, UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe plays a key role in sustaining flexible funding and building solidarity with refugees both globally and within Germany.
Total contribution in 2024:
$39.7 million
In 2024, UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe contributed $39.7 million to UNHCR, representing 11.9% of the total contribution from Germany.