Humanitarian funding to Jordan has collapsed by more than 92 percent over the past decade, according to data published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) through its Financial Tracking Service (FTS), reviewed by Al-Ghad.
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Jordan received a total of $73.9 million in humanitarian funding in 2026 as of mid-August, along with an additional $4.7 million in pledges not yet disbursed.That marks a sharp drop from the $936.9 million the country received in 2016, a decline of roughly 92.1 percent over ten years, the FTS data show.
The report, published August 17, found that about 85 percent of this year's funding, or $62.9 million, was earmarked for Jordan's response plan for Syrian refugees. The remainder went toward Palestinian, Iraqi and Sudanese refugee communities in the country, along with support for Jordanian host communities.
The funding gap is most visible in the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian refugee crisis, which sought $2.8 billion for 2026. Only $62.9 million of that had been secured, leaving the plan just 2.2 percent funded.
FTS tracks humanitarian funding worldwide, including contributions to internationally coordinated response plans such as Jordan's Syrian refugee plan, as well as funding that falls outside those plans, including Red Cross and Red Crescent activities, bilateral government funding and support channeled through UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
The data show international funding concentrated heavily on refugee support, particularly for Syrians and host communities, along with targeted spending on women's healthcare, water infrastructure repair and economic and social programs aimed at reducing gender-based violence.
Among individual donors, the European Commission provided the largest share of Jordan's humanitarian funding this year, contributing $16.26 million, or 22 percent of the total. Japan ranked second, with a $15.8 million contribution equal to 21.4 percent of overall funding. Switzerland followed in third place with $8.2 million, or 11.1 percent.
Canada ranked fourth among donors, providing $6.72 million, while Qatar ranked fifth with $5.62 million. The Netherlands came in sixth, contributing roughly $4.29 million. Saudi Arabia, the United States and Australia were also among the donors listed, though their individual contributions were smaller.
