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2024 Emergency Watchlist

The top 10 crises the world can’t ignore in 2024

Learn about the world’s worst crises and what can be done to help.

December 13, 2023

Last updated: December 13, 2023

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming year. We identify and rank the 20 countries most at risk in our Emergency Watchlist.

10. Democratic Republic of the Congo

9. Ethiopia

8. Niger

7. Somalia

6. Mali

5. Myanmar (Burma)

4. Burkina Faso

3. South Sudan

2. Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

1.  Sudan