Activity highlights
This data groups together direct, remote support, and coordination activities. These highlights give an overview of most MSF activities but cannot be considered complete or exhaustive.
16,493,900
16,493,9
3,877,100
3,877,1
2,473,700
2,473,7
1,655,200
1,655,2
1,318,100
1,318,1
584,700
584,7
506,300
506,3
368,900
368,9
359,200
359,2
209,000
209,
143,800
143,8
134,000
134,
73,800
73,8
39,800
39,8
23,400
23,4
7,070
7,07
4,140
4,14
2,280
2,28
Facts and figures
MSF is an international, independent, private, and non-profit organisation. It comprises 24 sections and 18 branch offices around the world.
Additional satellite offices exist to support our work, mainly for logistics, supply, and epidemiology. These satellites provide specific activities for the benefit of the MSF movement and/or MSF entities, such as humanitarian relief supplies, epidemiological and medical research, IT services, fundraising, facility management, and research on humanitarian and social action. As these entities are controlled by MSF, they are included in the scope of the MSF International Financial Report and the figures presented here.
The figures presented below describe MSF’s finances on a combined international level. This means that they add up the finances of all sections after eliminating all transactions and balances between MSF entities. The 2024 combined international figures have been prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER/RPC. The figures have been audited by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The figures presented here are for the 2024 calendar year. All amounts are presented in millions of euros. Note: rounding may result in apparent inconsistencies in totals.
Where did the money come from?
MSF’s revenue in 2024 exceeded €2 billion for the third time (previously in 2022 and 2023). The breakdown of income by source has remained stable. Income increased by €3 million, or 0.7%, over 2023. Around 42% of that amount comes from one-off donations.
More than 7.1 million private donors
As part of MSF’s effort to guarantee our independence and strengthen our link with society, we strive to maintain a high level of private income. In 2024, 98 per cent of MSF’s operating income came from private sources.
More than 7 million individual donors and private foundations worldwide made this possible. Public institutional agencies providing funding to MSF included, among others, the governments of Canada and Switzerland; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and national health institutes, research organisations, regional councils, and municipalities of France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Where did the money go?
Programme expenditure by continent
CONTEXTS OF INTERVENTION
Largest country programmes by programme expenditure
The total budget for our programmes in these 10 countries was €879 million, 58.2 per cent of MSF’s programme expenses in 2024.
LARGEST COUNTRY PROGRAMMES BY NUMBER OF OUTPATIENT CONSULTATIONS
How was the money spent?
Total expenditure
Social mission - 79% of total expenditure
Programme expenses by nature
The largest category of expenses is dedicated to ‘Personnel costs’: 51% of expenditure comprises all costs related to locally hired and international staff (including salaries, social charges, plane tickets, insurance, accommodation, etc).
The ‘Medical and nutrition’ category includes drugs and medical equipment, vaccines, hospitalisation fees, and therapeutic food. The delivery of these supplies is included in the category of ‘Travel and transportation’.
‘Logistics and sanitation’ comprises building materials and equipment for health centres, and water and sanitation and logistical supplies. ‘Other expenses’ includes grants to external partners and taxes.
Human resources statistics
LARGEST COUNTRY PROGRAMMES BY NUMBER OF LOCALLY HIRED STAFF
Staff positions
Notes on tables and graphs
Programme expenses represent expenses incurred in the field, or by headquarters on behalf of the field. All expenses are allocated in line with the main activities performed by MSF according to the full cost method. Therefore, all expense categories include salaries, medical costs, logistics and transport costs, other direct costs.
Other funds are foundations’ capital and translation adjustments arising from the translation of entities’ financial statements into euros.
Staff numbers represent the number of full-time equivalent positions averaged out across the year. Field positions include programme and programme support staff.