Jordan’s 2025 refugee response plan seeks $1.6b amid funding decline

AMMAN — The government has estimated the funding requirements for the 2025 Jordan Response Plan (JRP) to the Syrian crisis at around $1.6 billion, distributed across ten key sectors supporting Syrian refugees and host community projects, according to the JRP official website.

Data from the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, indicate that the 2025 funding requirement is the lowest since the plan’s launch in 2015, reflecting a decline in international financial support, Al Mamlaka TV reported. 

Annual JRP funding needs have fluctuated over the years, peaking at $2.98 billion in 2015 and amounting to $1.953 billion in 2024. The 2025 estimate marks an 18.43 per cent decrease from 2024.

Jordan currently hosts around 1.3 million Syrians, including around 600,000 registered refugees under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Water and sanitation will receive the largest share of 2025 funding, with an estimated $368 million, accounting for 23.1 per cent of the total requirement. Most of this amount will be allocated to host community projects, with the remainder directed to refugee camps and additional support for refugees within host communities.

According to the Ministry of Interior, 42,675 Syrians have left Jordan through the Jaber border crossing since the fall of the Bashar Al Assad regime.

The ministry noted that 7,117 refugees left Jordan from the camps, while 35,558 left from various other areas of the Kingdom, confirming that all Syrians who left the Kingdom did so "voluntarily".