| Title: | Global Database of Humanitarian Organizations |
|---|---|
| Description: | A dataset of global humanitarian organizations collected by Humanitarian Outcomes. |
| Authors: | Mian Zhong [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4546-7214>), Abby Stoddard [aut, ctb], Tichakunda Mangono [aut, ctb] |
| Maintainer: | Mian Zhong <[email protected]> |
| License: | CC BY 4.0 |
| Version: | 0.0.2 |
| Built: | 2026-10-08 13:24:06 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/openwashdata/gdho |
This dataset collected by Humanitarian Outcomes provides insights about humanitarian organizations, such as name, website, headquarter information, and etc. This short version excludes the information about how many operational units a humanitarian organization has in each country, where you can find it in data gdho_full.
gdhogdho
A tibble with 4548 rows and 35 variables
A unique Id for each organisation
Latest year information is available for
Full organisation name
Organisation abbreviation or acronym
National NGO (NNGO), International NGO (INGO), UN, Red Cross/Crescent classification
Organisation’s reach
Organisation page url
Country where HQ office is located
Year of establishment
Year closed or last year of visible activity
Number of countries operational in
Children/youth, coordination, disabilities, education, environment, food security/agriculture, health, landmines, livelihoods, logistics/communications, nutrition, refugees, shelter, veterinary, water/sanitation, women
Organisations religious affiliation
Specific religious affiliation (ex. Catholic, Islamic, Jewish)
Signatory status of the organisation
Signatory status to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability
Membership status
Membership status
Actual number of total staff
Imputed number of total staff
Actual number of national staff
Imputed number of national staff
Actual number of international staff
Imputed number of international staff
Percent of total staff that are international
Actual approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD
Imputed approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD
Percent of operational program expenditure per staff member
Operational program expenditure adjusted for inflation
Actual approximate operational program expenditure in original currency used by organisation
Operational program expenditure amount in original currency
Currency code for operational program expenditure
Approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD
Imputed approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD
Approximate humanitarian expenditure adjusted for inflation
Humanitarian Outcomes https://www.humanitarianoutcomes.org/projects/gdho
This dataset collected by Humanitarian Outcomes provides insights about humanitarian organizations, such as name, website, headquarter information, and etc. This full version includes the information about how many operational units a humanitarian organization has in each country, which is represented as one column per country resulting in 275 variables compared with the short version "gdho" (35 variables).
gdho_fullgdho_full
A tibble with 4548 rows and 275 variables
A unique Id for each organisation
Latest year information is available for
Full organisation name
Organisation abbreviation or acronym
National NGO (NNGO), International NGO (INGO), UN, Red Cross/Crescent classification
Organisation’s reach
Organisation page url
Country where HQ office is located
Year of establishment
Year closed or last year of visible activity
Number of countries operational in
Children/youth, coordination, disabilities, education, environment, food security/agriculture, health, landmines, livelihoods, logistics/communications, nutrition, refugees, shelter, veterinary, water/sanitation, women
Organisations religious affiliation
Specific religious affiliation (ex. Catholic, Islamic, Jewish)
Signatory status of the organisation
Signatory status to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability
Membership status
Membership status
Actual number of total staff
Imputed number of total staff
Actual number of national staff
Imputed number of national staff
Actual number of international staff
Imputed number of international staff
Percent of total staff that are international
Actual approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD
Imputed approximate annual operational program expenditure in USD
Percent of operational program expenditure per staff member
Operational program expenditure adjusted for inflation
Actual approximate operational program expenditure in original currency used by organisation
Operational program expenditure amount in original currency
Currency code for operational program expenditure
Approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD
Imputed approximate humanitarian expenditure in USD
Approximate humanitarian expenditure adjusted for inflation
240 columns representing operational presence in individual countries
Humanitarian Outcomes https://www.humanitarianoutcomes.org/projects/gdho