UNHCR IN 2021
UNHCR IN 2021
UNHCR IN 2021
KEY RESULTS IN 2021
Safeguarding fundamental rights
To protect and assist 94.7 million people of concern
in 135 countries and territories,
REGISTRATION
21.7 million individual records registered in
UNHCR’s population registration and identity
management ecosystem (PRIMES).
Target: 19 million | 2020 result: 15 million
ASYLUM APPLICATIONS
52,800 individual asylum applications processed
UNHCR’s budget was
It received
$9.248 billion
$4.680 billion
by UNHCR.
2020 result (revised): 70,700
Its expenditure was
STATELESSNESS
81,200 stateless persons acquired
a nationality or had it confirmed.
Target: 90,000 | 2020 result: 63,200
CHILD PROTECTION
53,500 best interests assessments conducted.
2020 result: 46,000
$4.918 billion
Responding with life-saving support
People of concern I 2015-2021
100
5.7 million
Returned refugees
and IDPs
94.7M
91.9M
86.5M
80
63.9M
71.2M
67.6M
74.7M
4.2 million
Others of concern
$47.6 million worth of core relief items
4.3 million*
Stateless persons
dispatched in emergency-affected countries.
2020 result: $36.2 million
60
4.4 million
Venezuelans
displaced abroad
40
51.3 million
IDPs
20
4.6 million
Asylum seekers
21.3 million
Refugees
0
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
EMERGENCY AND
CORE RELIEF ITEMS
2021
* See footnote 6 p.11
CASH ASSISTANCE
$668 million of cash assistance delivered to
people of concern across all operations.
Target: $700 million | 2020 result: $695 million
SHELTER
318,500 people of concern in at least
40 operations benefited from improved shelter.
Target: 250,000 | 2020 result: 280,000
UNHCR was present in 135 countries and territories with offices in 523 locations
AFFILIATE WORKFORCE*
STAFF MEMBERS
Global workforce by category
Affiliate
25%
International
22%
Global workforce by region
HQs
Middle East
and
North Africa
9%
19%
East and Horn
of Africa and
the Great Lakes
Europe
22%
18,881
Gender breakdowns of UNHCR workforce
39% 61% 57% 43% 55% 45%
West and
Central Africa
53%
The Americas
Southern Africa
13%
6%
EDUCATION
1.9 million children enrolled in primary
education.
Target: 2 million | 2020 result: 1.7 million
183,000 students enrolled in lower and upper
secondary education.
Target: 250,000 | 2020 result: 170,000
HQs
10%
12%
National
under-5s per month) in refugee camps.
Target: <1.5 | 2020 result: 0.19
FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
53% of surveyed sites had acceptable levels of
global acute malnutrition (<10%).
Target: 70% | 2020 result: 61%
WATER, SANITATION AND
HYGIENE
37% of people of concern had at least 20 litres of
safe water per day.
Target: 45% | 2020 result: 43%
Building better futures
9%
Asia and
the Pacific
0.20 under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000
GLOBAL WORKFORCE
4,784
14,097
HEALTH
Field
Field
Global
91%
HQs 9%
8,500 people of concern enrolled in tertiary
and higher education.
Target: 15,000 | 2020 results: 7,100
RESETTLEMENT
39,300 UNHCR-facilitated resettlement
departures.
Target: 80,000 | 2020 result: 22,800
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
2.5 million people of concern had access to
a sustainable source of electricity.
Target: 2.9 million | 2020 result: 1.7 million
* Includes UNVs, individual contractors and consultants hired through UNOPS or directly, deployees, secondees and interns.
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