Context Between June and August 2022, Pakistan faced unprecedented heavy rains and floods following a combination of extreme precipitation and other factors, including glacial melt urban and flash...
Pakistan
Unrelenting monsoon rains across Pakistan — the worst in a decade — resulted in widespread flooding and landslides between June and August 2022. The flash floods killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed 2.9 million homes and left 20.6 million people in need.
The flooding significantly damaged infrastructure, affected 33 million people and displaced 7.9 million people. It also had a significant impact on agriculture, flooding 9.4 million acres of crops and killing more than 1.1 million livestock.
Vulnerable communities still reeling from the impact of the floods need reliable access to essential services, such as health care, nutrition, education, protection, hygiene and sanitation.
An estimated 20.6 million people out of a total population of more than 231 million will continue to need humanitarian assistance in 2023, largely driven by a lack of access to clean water and health services, and increased food insecurity and high malnutrition rates. There are significant public health risks posed by standing floodwaters, and damaged water and sanitation facilities. The loss of crops, livelihoods and income, damage to transport infrastructure and ongoing global inflation will exacerbate the country’s food security situation.
The Floods Response Plan from September 2022 to May 2023 coordinated the delivery of urgent life-saving and livelihoods assistance for people in the most affected areas, prevent the outbreak of communicable diseases, and restore safety and dignity for flood-affected people.
Overview of the flood response in Pakistan
- Population
- 229.5M 2023
- School-Aged Children Affected by Floods
- 2.2M 2023
- Schools Damaged/Destroyed by Floods
- 34K 2023
- Total requirements (USD)
- 620M 2024
- Funding total (USD)
- 0 2024
- Funding gap (USD)
- 620M 2024
- Funding coverage (%)
- 0 2024
Funding for OCHA Pakistan
- Total requirements (USD)
- 1.9M 2024
- Opening balance (USD)
- 0 2024
- Earmarked funding (USD)
- 0 2024
- Total (USD)
- 0 2024