Sweden as a Donor

UNHCR works to ensure that everyone has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled conflict, violence or persecution at home.

A large proportion of UNHCR’s funding comes as voluntary contributions from governments. Sweden is a long-standing generous supporter of UNHCR and the largest donor in unearmarked funds.

Sweden’s priority focus is on refugee education and gender equality, supporting women and girls affected by crises.

For detailed information and statistics, visit our reporting page on Sweden.

Swedish Contributions to UNHCR

Sweden is one of UNHCR’s most important strategic partners and a generous donor. Sweden consistently provides the highest level of unearmarked funding to UNHCR. In 2019, Sweden provided over USD 42 million to UNHCR, making it our 4th biggest government donor and fifth biggest donor per capita.

Key facts about Sweden as a donor:

Sweden is an advocate and supporter of refugee education and gender equality. They strongly focus on special protection and assistance measures to support women and girls affected by crisis.
In 2019, Sweden provided important funding to the Myanmar situation, Syria situation and South Sudan situation
At the Global Refugee Forum Sweden advocated for flexible funding and resettlement.
In 2019 Sweden provided USD 100 million in unearmarked funding, the highest amount out of all donors. It was 70% of their total donations.