REACH Somalia 2025 Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) - Phase 1 Dataset

Somalia’s humanitarian crisis remains driven by intensifying conflict, extreme climate shocks, and disease outbreaks. Despite government efforts, conflict incidents rose 21% in 2024, restricting aid to 4.3 million people. Simultaneously, the worst drought in 50 years continues into 2025, affecting 80% of pasturelands, while 2024’s floods displaced 1.2 million people—with El Niño expected to worsen conditions. As a result, 6.9 million people face acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+), and 2.1 million children are projected to suffer acute malnutrition, including 530,000 with severe wasting—the highest global burden.These overlapping crises heighten disease risks and demand a comprehensive humanitarian response. However, data gaps hinder effective planning: 35% of priority districts lack recent assessments, nomadic/rural IDPs remain undocumented, and 22% of new settlements are missing from CCCM’s registry. The 2025 MSNA addresses these gaps through a two-phase, multi-stage sampling approach. Phase 1 informs the August IPC analysis, while Phase 2 supports the 2026 HNRP, expanding coverage across key sectors including Food Security, Nutrition, Health, WASH, Education, Protection, and Shelter.To inform the 2025 Humanitarian Needs Response Plan (HNRP) and Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in Somalia, this study aims to provide updated, district-level, multi-sectoral analysis, and unit of analysis (UoA) for IPC. This analysis will focus on the severity of needs among the crisis-affected population in the context of ongoing climatic shocks such as droughts and floods, as well as the protracted displacement crisis. The goal is to contribute to a more targeted and evidence-based response. Source: REACH Initiative