IRAQ
Humanitarian Snapshot
As of 20 January 2019
CHANGE IN PEOPLE IN DISPLACEMENT, DEC 2017 TO DEC 2018
OVERVIEW In the year since the end of combat operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in December 2017, the humanitarian landscape in Iraq has evolved considerably. An additional 1.4 million people returned home during 2018, bringing the total number of returns to 4.2 million, increasing the need for collaboration between the federal Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the international community to rebuild infrastructure, jump-start local economies and increase livelihood opportunities.
Dahuk
25,302
Ninewa
RETURNEES IN 2018
43,752
1%
Erbil
231,294
13%
Sulaymaniyah
Kirkuk
8%
8%
37,512
72,720
1% Anbar Baghdad
Salah al-Din
An estimated 1.8 million remain internally displaced, and significant barriers to return endure, including security concerns, fear and trauma, lack of social cohesion, lack of documentation, lack of livelihoods, and destroyed housing. Approximately 30 per cent of IDPs live in camps, and for this population, the humanitarian community has an obligation to ensure that minimum standards are maintained. Camp consolidation and the transfer of IDPs to larger camps with better service provision—including medical services, schools and improved security arrangements—is one of the objectives of humanitarian actors in Iraq in 2019.
109,710
Baghdad
50,358
114,312
Kerbala
Najaf
0.9M Newly Returnees
1,878
457K
Basrah
OVERVIEW OF FUNDING4
US$569M
576k
256k 212k
2.30
2.54 2.68
138k
108k 51k
22k
55k 4k 3k
2015
13k
18k 11k
6k 4k 16k 12k
2016
2.22 2.07 2.17 1.95 1.74 1.81 1.55 1.64 1.46 1.23 1.37
2017
Outside HRP
53%
The Humanitarian Response Plan has received US$513.8 million in donor contributions, out of the requested $569 million. While the response plan has received 90 per cent of its target, funding levels across clusters vary.
3.83 3.35 3.30 3.26 3.23 3.31 3.34 3.42 3.33 3.31 3.32 3.37 3.34 3.28 3.18 3.64 3.71 3.23 v3.21 3.20 3.19 3.18 3.17 3.17 3.51 3.09 3.03 3.03 3.02 3.06 3.07 3.02 3.04 3.10 2.88 3.22 3.35 2.83
0.95 1.05 0.73 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.66 0.45 0.47 0.50 0.55 0.55 0.30 0.36 0.40 0.42 0.22 0.17 0.12
0.38 0.44 0.48
3k 1k
188k 151k
Sulaymaniah
59k
Najaf
Baghdad
9k 8k
181k
47%
HRP
247k
Erbil
83k
69k
33k 19k
10%
funding gap
US$1.08BN total funding to Iraq as of 20 January 2019
363k 338k
111k 61k
DISPLACEMENT AND RETURNS TREND²
US$513.8M 90%
total funding required funding received as of funding received 20 January 2019
807k
184k
across Iraq
2014
DEC2018
Displaced people in camp
123 IDP camps
0.09 0.14
69%
2,268 1,584
out-of-camp
People
Ninewa
Missan
Thi-Qar
42,228
DEC2017
Kirkuk Salah al-Din
Muthanna
1.3M Displaced people
Erbil
936
Qadissiya
KEY FACTS IN 2018
122K Newly displaced
Diyala
Wassit
Babylon 4,596 29,208 14,778 7,230
The Humanitarian Needs Overview 2019 was published on 17 December 2018, identifying 6.7 million people in need.
Internally displaced people 2.00 2.12 (millions) 1.75 1.90 Returnees 1.07 (millions)
0.9M
Diyala
23,490 Anbar
Dahuk
2.62
4.08 4.09 4.17 3.90 3.96 4.03
2.62 2.47 2.32 2.21 2.11 2.05 2.00 1.95 2.76 1.92 1.89 1.88 1.80
2018
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. The data for this map has a limited number of sources. The data is not independently verified and is subject to error or omission, deliberate or otherwise by various sources. Feedback: iraqinfo@un.org, iraq.humanitarianresponse.info, www.reliefweb.int Creation date: 20 January 2019. Sources: 1. IOM’s DTM 2. This presents the overall funding linked to the requirements of the response plans/appeals; the HRP funding is a subset of overall funding to the affected country; Source: Financial Tracking System (FTS) as of 20 January 2019.