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Global Appeal 2025 | Regional Overview
The East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region hosted around 5.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers and 18.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs) by mid-2024. Millions have fled conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. Heavy rains and severe flooding triggered by El Niño devastated several countries in 2024, impacting hundreds of thousands of refugees, IDPs and host community members, and causing additional displacement.
To read more about UNHCR’s planning for 2025 in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes, please download the regional overview PDF.
Populations
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Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.
Population by country
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.
Population by origin
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.
Financials
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Budget by Impact Areas
Source: 2025 budget and 2024 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2024.
Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas
Source: 2025 budget and 2024 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2024.
Budget by operation
Source: 2025 budget and 2024 current budget are taken from the budget document approved by UNHCR's Executive Committee in October 2024.
