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The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center placed the precise total at $145.72 billion on its official Saudi Aid Platform, which tracks all national humanitarian, development and charitable efforts without regard to recipients’ nationality or location. This figure reflects sustained Saudi engagement that has grown from an earlier total of $142 billion across 8,406 projects in 173 countries recorded earlier in the year. United Nations Financial Tracking Service data for 2025 ranks Saudi Arabia second among all donors worldwide and first among Arab states, with the Kingdom also providing 49.3 percent of all humanitarian assistance to Yemen.
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center records show the organization was established by royal decree on May 13, 2015, to coordinate and expand these activities on a global scale. Since its launch the center has directly implemented 4,425 projects valued at more than $8 billion that reached 113 countries and benefited tens of millions of people. The broader national total of 8,997 projects incorporates contributions from multiple Saudi government entities and private donors tracked through the centralized platform.
Yemen has accounted for the single largest share with 1,219 projects costing over $4.785 billion according to the center’s breakdown. In Gaza the center operates a central kitchen that produces 24,000 hot meals daily for displaced families while air and sea bridges using 84 aircraft and eight ships have delivered more than 7,750 tons of food, medical and shelter supplies. Syria received 523 projects worth more than $584 million, Pakistan saw 353 initiatives exceeding $228 million and Sudan benefited from 279 projects valued at over $192 million.
Lebanon has been supported through 73 projects costing more than $92 million while Egypt stands as one of the largest overall recipients with allocations surpassing $32 billion on the Saudi Aid Platform. A ReliefWeb report from August 2025 noted that King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center assistance to Syria alone had surpassed $528 million by that point, illustrating the continuity of regional programming. The platform enables detailed public monitoring of every contribution across emergency relief, health care, education and infrastructure sectors.
Additional King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center figures indicate that Saudi support for refugees and displaced persons worldwide has approached $24 billion in recent tallies published by Asharq Al-Awsat. These programs combine immediate crisis response with longer-term development projects that address root causes in affected communities. The center continues to update its database as new initiatives are approved and completed throughout the year.
