UNICEF Sudan Humanitarian Annual Situation Report

Highlights

• The number of internally displaced persons rose 27 per cent in 2024, from 9 million to 11.5 million. Children made up over 53 per cent of the displaced.
   
• In 2024, admissions for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rose by 43.8 per cent compared to 2023, with 431,015 children treated—the highest annual total since the programme's inception UNICEF.
   
• Through UNICEF's support, improved water, sanitation, and hygiene services reached 9.8 million people.
   
• Critical protection services benefited 2.8 million people, including 2.7 million children and 168,792 caregivers.
   
• UNICEF’s 2024 Sudan response remained only 58 per cent funded, underscoring the urgent need for continued resource mobilisation to save lives and secure the future of vulnerable children.

Situation in numbers

13,600,000 children in need of humanitarian assistance.

24,800,000 people in need of humanitarian assistance.

11,560,000 children displaced internally and across borders.