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Last Updated 9th February 2025.
Note: The funding requirement listed below is currently a projected funding requirement which is subject to change.
Mine Action is a Protection “Area of Responsibility” (AoR). This means that it is not a designated global cluster like other sectors, but is an ‘Area of Responsibility‘ under the Protection cluster. This is similar to the Child Protection, Gender Based Violence, and Housing Land and Property sectors. However, unlike Child Protection and Gender Based Violence, there isn’t a clear ‘before’ and ‘after’ in the funding data in 2018 where the sector becomes ‘visible’. For these other two AoRs, data pre-2018 is unreliable and very small. However, for Mine Action, this is not really the case (at least pre-2017).
How much funding is the Mine Action sector forecast to receive in 2025?
Funding to the Mine Action sector is forecast to be between $131m and $309m in 2025. Our central estimate is $202m. For reference, the Mine Action sector received $167m last year.
This forecast is based on our 95% probability range. In other words, we are 95% sure that funding will be between $131m and $309m. Below are the other forecast ranges for the Mine Action sector. As we become less sure about our forecast, the range narrows. So for example, we think there’s a 50% probability that funding will be between $173m and $233m.
But we need to put this into context. What does the forecast mean in terms of reaching the funding that is required for the sector (also known as the funding requirement)? The total funding requirement globally is determined by how much is needed in each context. If you hover over the donut below you’ll be able to see the chances of reaching 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the funding that is required.
We think that it is almost certain that Health will reach 25% of the requirement in 2025, and a realistic possibility of reaching the next milestone of 50%.
How does the 2025 forecast compare to previous years?
Funding received by the Mine Action sector has fluctuated quite a bit since 2018. Between 2018 and 2021, funding to the sector stayed relatively stable at below $100m. However, since 2022, funding has creeped up into somewhere between $100m and $200m.
The Mine Action sector funding requirement has followed a similar path, increasing significantly in 2021 and 2022 to a new normal, and stood at $329m in 2024. This is some way behind the other Protection domains of Child Protection and GBV.
The funding gap stayed relatively stable in 2023 and 2024 (50%). Will this continue into 2025? We’ve defined two consecutive years of a growing funding gap as a ‘real humanitarian recession’ in this story. Therefore, will the sector have a growing funding gap in 2025 and be on the cusp of a recession soon?
The answer is…50-50. We think that there’s a realistic possibility of the sector both closing the funding gap, and also experiencing a growing funding gap in 2025.
How does the 2025 forecast compare to other sectors?
We’re fairly sure that the Mine Action sector will rank 13th of the sectors in terms of funding received in 2025. The sector is fairly low value (in monetary terms) compared to others.
Methodology
The usual health warning: FTS doesn’t capture everything. It is a platform that relies on voluntary reporting by organisations. But it is the most comprehensive source of data for humanitarian funding.
For forecast methodology, click here. We’ll be keeping a record of all our forecasts and success over time, which you can find here.
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