Jordan hosts one of the largest number of registered refugees per capita in the world: 1 person in 15 is a refugee in Jordan. Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, Jordan, together with Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt, shoulders the primary responsibility of over 5.3 million registered Syrian refugees in the region. About 80 percent of Syrian refugees living outside of camps in Jordan are living below the poverty line. The government estimates that the total estimated number of refugees in the country will reach 1.38 million in 2018, including 751,746 registered by UNHCR. As displacement becomes protracted, the risk of gender-based violence persists and may even intensify. Since January 2018, UNFPA trained 70 personnel on GBV case management, our services reached 76,537 women, girls and young people. UNFPA will continue to chair the reproductive health sector working group in Jordan.
Results data are reported and updated as they become available.
- Targets and UNFPA's populations of concern, including women of reproductive age and pregnant women, are estimated using the MISP calculator.
- Funding estimates are based on country planning processes, including inter-agency humanitarian response plans and regional refugee and resilience plans.
L1: Humanitarian crises in which the national and international resources available in the affected country are sufficient for the required response.
L2: Humanitarian crises requiring significant support from neighbouring countries, regional organizations and possibly humanitarian agency headquarters.
L3: Major, sudden-onset humanitarian crises requiring mobilization across the humanitarian system.
Crisis levels are determined by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners.
