Yemen · 2026 HNRP
Four in five dollars of the plan requirement remained uncovered
19.0% covered
Uncovered against plan: US$1.751bn (81.0%).
WorldsAid · Monthly evidence brief · Issue 01
Humanitarian Gaps Report: What 2026 response plans show in Yemen and Nigeria
A dated comparison of funding reported against two major humanitarian response plans. The first issue sets out the gap in the available data as clearly as the gap in funding.
Snapshot retrieved: 29 September 2026 · Primary source: UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service (FTS)
Key finding: OCHA FTS reports 19.0% coverage for Yemen’s 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan and 46.9% for Nigeria’s 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. The difference is 27.9 percentage points. These are plan-coverage figures at the retrieval date, not estimates of all aid reaching either country.
Funding against plan requirements
Nigeria · 2026 HNRP
More than half of the plan requirement remained uncovered
46.9% covered
Uncovered against plan: US$274.3m (53.1%).
Comparable figures
| Response plan | Plan requirement | FTS funding | Coverage | Uncovered against plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen 2026 HNRP | US$2,162,563,336 | US$411,259,993 | 19.0% | US$1,751,303,343 · 81.0% |
| Nigeria 2026 HNRP | US$516,399,423 | US$242,079,623 | 46.9% | US$274,319,800 · 53.1% |
Coverage is calculated as OCHA FTS reported incoming funding divided by the plan requirement, using the figures displayed on the linked plan pages when retrieved on 29 September 2026. Displayed percentages are rounded to one decimal place; dollar gaps are calculated from the displayed source amounts.
What this comparison can and cannot say
The figures show a marked difference in the share of each plan requirement reported as funded. Yemen’s reported coverage is lower, and its absolute uncovered requirement is larger. Both plans still show substantial uncovered requirements.
This is a funding-gap comparison, not a finding about donor intent or media attention. Plan scope, target populations, prioritisation, timing, and reporting completeness differ. A low coverage rate alone cannot establish donor fatigue, the total resources reaching a country, or which needs are going unmet.
WorldsAid does not yet hold a validated monthly funding ledger or a consistent measure of media attention for sudden-onset emergencies. This first issue therefore does not assign a composite “donor fatigue” score or rank emergencies against media events. Future editions will show a longitudinal anomaly only when the underlying time series and comparison groups are documented and comparable.
Method and next edition
- Scope: the named, country-level 2026 OCHA response plans only.
- Funding: OCHA FTS “total incoming funding” shown for each plan at retrieval. A reported plan contribution is counted as the FTS page reports it.
- Gap: plan requirement minus reported incoming funding. The result is the uncovered portion of that plan requirement, not a complete measure of humanitarian need.
- Comparability: we report each plan’s own requirement and coverage. We do not treat dollars or people in need as interchangeable across crises.
- Audit trail: retain the retrieval date, source page, displayed values, calculation and revisions in the downloadable snapshot. Later source changes will be recorded as new observations.
The report is designed for monthly publication. The next edition will add a month-to-month funding movement only after an earlier dated snapshot is preserved and checked against the same plan scope.
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Sources
- UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service, Yemen Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026. Figures retrieved 29 September 2026.
- UN OCHA Financial Tracking Service, Nigeria Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026. Figures retrieved 29 September 2026.