Humanitarian donor profiles
GHA Report 2009
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and the Russian Federation
Percentage change in humanitarian assistance contributions reported through the FTS from the four largest non-DAC donors 1200%
1000%
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait and the Russian Federation were the four largest non-DAC donors of humanitarian assistance by volume in 2008, reporting US$727 million, US$107 million, US$96 million and US$35 million through the FTS respectively. In 2006 and 2007, Saudi Arabia and the UAE dominated the humanitarian assistance flows from non-DAC countries, showing strong support from the Gulf States as a region.
The Russian Federation showed the largest % growth rate in humanitarian assistance contributions reported by the top four donors through the FTS between 2007 and 2008.
800%
600%
Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian affairs strategy is influenced by four distinct areas: Gulf, Arab, Islamic and international circles.
Its contributions went to a small number of recipient countries with 58% (or US$20m) going to China
400%
The UAE’s humanitarian approach is based on the idea that the foundation of Islam is to support people in disadvantaged situations and that revenue from oil and gas should contribute to poverty reduction. The UAE in particular supports Islamic countries, most notably Palestine and Syria.
200% Saudi Arabia UAE
0
One of the six priorities of the Russian Federation in addressing global problems is through enhanced international humanitarian cooperation and human rights.
Kuwait -200%
Russian Federation 2006
35
Yemen was the top recipient of humanitarian assistance from Saudi Arabia – the largest non-DAC donor in 2008
3 18 96
Kuwait
Yemen 14.3% China 10.5% Sudan 2.8% Tajikistan 1.7% Myanmar 1.4%
1084%
Other 69.4%
11 24
Russian Federation’s top 5 recipient countries, 2008
107
UAE
2008
Saudi Arabia's top 5 recipient countries, 2008
Humanitarian assistance from the four largest non-DAC donors, reported through the FTS, 2006-2008
Russian Federation
2007
2008
45 44
Tajikistan 10.0% Kyrgyzstan 7.0% Myanmar 6.0% Serbia 4.9% Other 14.4%
2007 2006
727
Saudi Arabia
0
China 57.7% 200
400 US$ million
600
Kuwait’s top 5 recipient countries, 2008
The amount of humanitarian assistance provided by each Kuwaiti citizen, 2008
727
Palestinian territory, occupied 83.7%
700
UAE's top 5 recipient countries, 2008
US$ million
600
Palestinian territory, occupied 6.2% Syrian Arab Republic 4.8% Myanmar 2.1% Somalia 2.0% Sudan 2.0%
500 400 300
95 0 Kuwait
35
96
100
107
200
32 Russian Federation
Total reported through the FTS Other funding (‘outside the CAP’)
727
99
Saudi Arabia
UAE
UN flash and consolidated appeal funding (‘inside the CAP’)
US$33
Other 5.8% Myanmar 5.2% Albania 4.2% Iraq 1.0%
Humanitarian expenditure, reported through the FTS, 2008 800
Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2008
800
The four largest non-DAC donors gave most of their humanitarian assistance ‘outside the CAP’
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US$727m
212 131
Palestine/OPT was the largest recipient of humanitarian assistance from both Kuwait and UAE in 2008
Growth in humanitarian assistance expenditure reported by Russian Federation through the FTS, 2008
Other 82.9%
Data notes
All data taken from UN OCHA FTS, downloaded from ReliefWeb in April 2009 Supplementary data on CERF was downloaded from the UN OCHA CERF website May/June 2009 All data is expressed in current US$ million unless otherwise stated
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