People and planet
Who and what we're here for
Con los pies en la tierra y la mirada puesta en el futuro, el PNUD colabora con los países para sortear la complejidad y descubrir oportunidades de mejorar, prosperar y transformarse.
Desde 2022, el PNUD y sus asociados han obtenido resultados tangibles: 160 millones de personas accedieron a servicios esenciales; hasta 177 millones se beneficiaron de soluciones energéticas sostenibles; más de 816 millones de votantes registrados participaron en las elecciones; y se movilizaron 867.000 millones de dólares en inversiones públicas y privadas para los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.
Ayudamos a 132 países a afrontar los verdaderos retos a los que se enfrentan las personas que viven en la pobreza. En 60 países frágiles, ayudamos a salvaguardar los medios de subsistencia, reforzar la resiliencia y permitir el regreso seguro de las personas a sus hogares[1]
En este informe anual se destaca el impacto en el mundo real de estas oportunidades, definidas por las ambiciones del Plan Estratégico cuatrienal del PNUD (2022-2025), que guía toda nuestra labor. La misión del Plan es ampliar las opciones de las que disponen las personas para lograr un futuro más justo y sostenible en el que exista un equilibrio entre el planeta y las personas.
[1] Según la definición de la Oferta de Crisis del PNUD.
La integración del desarrollo humano y las vías bajas en carbono podría sacar de la pobreza a más de 175 millones de personas de aquí a 2050[2]
La prosperidad
transforma el mundo.
Poverty Moonshot
Objetivo para el período 2022-2025:
100 millones de personas salen de la pobreza multidimensional
Situación en 2024:
Desde 2022, el PNUD ha prestado apoyo directo a 132 países para ayudar a las personas a salir de la pobreza multidimensional*
- 160 millones de personas obtuvieron acceso a servicios esenciales, como atención sanitaria, educación y agua potable
- 122 países registraron mejoras en el empleo y los medios de subsistencia
- 62 países mejoran sus sistemas de protección social
- 90 países reforzaron los servicios sanitarios
- 106 países recibieron ayuda para apoyar a las pequeñas empresas
- 52 países avanzaron en iniciativas de inclusión financiera
* Los datos se refieren al período comprendido entre 2022 y 2024.
EL FRUTO DEL TRABAJO EN EQUIPO
A través de una asociación con el Fondo Mundial de Lucha contra el Sida, la Tuberculosis y la Malaria, el PNUD ha contribuido a reducir en un 75 % las infecciones por VIH en Zimbabwe. La iniciativa también ha cuadruplicado la capacidad de almacenamiento de suministros médicos y ha dotado de energía solar fiable al 65 % de los centros sanitarios. Fotografía: PNUD Zimbabwe / Joyous A. L. Begisen
Invertir en las personas, las sociedades y las economías
Las convulsiones y la incertidumbre han detenido prácticamente los avances en la reducción mundial de la pobreza, y 1.100 millones de personas siguen viviendo en estas condiciones. Las tensiones económicas y el escaso margen fiscal han restringido la inversión en desarrollo sostenible. Los países en desarrollo destinaron la cifra récord de 1,4 billones de dólares al pago de su deuda externa en 2023. Aumenta la polarización en el seno de las sociedades, impulsada por la desinformación, que en 2024 fue calificada por primera vez como el principal riesgo mundial a corto plazo.
Junto con sus asociados, el PNUD ayuda a los países a transformar estas dificultades en oportunidades de desarrollo en aras del avance de su ambición de establecer un futuro más justo y sostenible.
En 2024, el PNUD prestó apoyo a los países en las siguientes esferas [3]
OBJETIVOS AMBICIOSOS EN MATERIA DE GOBERNANZA
Objetivo para el período 2022-2025:
800 millones de votantes registrados para participar en procesos electorales
Situación en 2024:
816,2 millones de votantes registrados
recibieron apoyo en 57 elecciones en 43 países*
Contribución del PNUD a la participación electoral:
- 2022: 110,7 millones de votantes registrados (14 elecciones)
- 2023: 328,4 millones de votantes registrados (22 elecciones)
- 2024: 377,1 millones de votantes registrados (23 elecciones)
* Los datos se refieren al período comprendido entre 2022 y 2024.
MÁS QUE UNA APLICACIÓN MÓVIL
La digitalización desempeña un papel crucial en el avance de las capacidades y aspiraciones humanas. Apoyada por el PNUD, la aplicación móvil AccessAbility pone al alcance de las personas con discapacidad de las Bahamas información y servicios antes inaccesibles. Ello incluye oportunidades de empleo, servicios de respuesta y rescate en caso de desastres y, en breve, una función de reserva de vehículos accesibles. Al analizar las tendencias y los datos de los usuarios, los responsables políticos pueden tomar decisiones sobre una base más empírica para mejorar la vida de los más desfavorecidos. Más de 2.000 personas se han inscrito ya en la aplicación.
Fotografía: PNUD / MCO Jamaica.
HACER QUE CADA VOZ CUENTE
Alima es una activista social y podcaster que colabora con el PNUD para ayudar a las jóvenes de Mozambique a reconocer la importancia de su voto. Las mujeres representan el 53 % del electorado, pero su participación sigue siendo baja. Para hacer frente a esta situación, el PNUD trabajó con el organismo de gestión electoral, la Comisión Electoral Nacional y ONU-Mujeres para crear campañas nacionales de comunicación.
Fotografía: PNUD / Cynthia Matonhodze
ODS apoyados a través de las iniciativas para lograr objetivos ambiciosos en materia de pobreza y gobernanza del PNUD
El PNUD ayudó a Nepal a ampliar los servicios jurídicos a más de en los 77 distritos , del país y apoyó la finalización de legislación clave sobre asistencia jurídica
Healthy
planet, healthy future.
Energy Moonshot
Goal for 2022–2025:
500 million more people with clean energy
Where we are in 2024:
816.2 million registered voters supported across 57
elections in 43 countries*
Desde 2022, el PNUD ha prestado apoyo directo a 128 países:
- 50,7 millones de personas gozan de acceso a energías renovables
- 26,1 millones de personas hacen un uso productivo de la energía (salud, agua, agricultura, infraestructuras y transporte)
- 100 millones de beneficiarios indirectos(a través de marcos políticos y normativos, desarrollo de mercados y desarrollo de capacidades)
- 383 proyectos relacionados con la energía
COFFEE WITH BENEFITS
In partnership with Lavazza, UNDP is supporting Ecuadorian farmers near the Amazon rainforest in producing the world’s first certified deforestation-free coffee. The initiative is backed by the Green Climate Fund and UN-REDD and is part of Ecuador’s PROAmazonía programme, which aims to restore over 15,000 hectares of land. The project benefits 70,000 local farmers, 40% of whom are women, by offering higher prices for sustainable coffee, which Lavazza will launch internationally. Photo: UNDP Ecuador
Photo: UNDP Ecuador
Investing in climate, energy and the environment
2024, the hottest year on record, offered no respite from the global climate emergency and natural disasters. At the same time, the annual climate finance gap—estimated at $2.7 trillion by 2030—significantly limits the capacity of countries and communities, especially the most vulnerable, to invest in climate action and adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change.
UNDP supports countries in aligning climate action with biodiversity conservation and the SDGs, maximizing development outcomes for people and the planet.
In 2024, UNDP supported countries in the following areas.[5]
SDGs supported through UNDP’s Energy Moonshot
BOOSTING PROSPERITY THROUGH RENEWABLE ENERGY
In Vanuatu, whose population of 300,000 is spread across 83 islands in the Pacific, 30% of households still lack access to electricity. UNDP support for hybrid solar and hydropower minigrids in Loltong is transforming livelihoods by providing reliable power for households, schools, clinics and businesses such as fisheries. Initiatives like these promote sustainable development, economic growth and climate action while empowering local communities to manage and maintain energy systems. Photo: Ildiko Hamos / UNDP in the Pacific
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS: SMARTER AND VASTER
Climate change is causing more extreme weather events in Central Asia, including landslides, floods, droughts and food insecurity. Early warning systems are crucial for saving lives and reducing economic losses. UNDP is enhancing resilience in the region by delivering technical knowledge and resources to implement large-scale early warning systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Through a combination of initiatives, these efforts aim to improve preparedness, safeguard livelihoods and build resilience to climate-induced hazards. Photo: UNDP Kazakhstan
What do people want on climate? Action now
Mobilizing finance: Investing in our future
UNDP is the largest implementing partner of two major multilateral funds for nature and climate—the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund. UNDP has channelled over $10 billion from the funds to support countries, with an additional $39 billion expected in co-financing.
Between 2017 and 2024, through the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme, over $800 million has financed nearly 30,000 microprojects, including over 2,630 women-led projects. These projects provide environmental protection and better livelihoods, primarily for local and indigenous communities.
Working with the European Union and other partners, UNDP has transformed biodiversity financing. Since 2012, the BIOFIN initiative has grown into a $200-million programme supported by 10 donors and spanning 133 countries. It has mobilized $1.6 billion for new biodiversity financing while helping to reform or redesign subsidies worth $1 billion that were previously harmful to nature.
Resilient
in every way.
Investing in resilience advances development
Violent conflicts and disasters continue to increase in frequency and impact, claiming lives and jeopardizing development gains.
UNDP is on the ground before, during and after crises. Through our presence in 170 countries and territories, we help prevent crises, respond swiftly to them and support long-term recovery, bridging humanitarian aid, peacebuilding and development assistance.
In 2024, about 50% of our expenditure was directed to fragile contexts. We and our partners helped countries and communities to [7]:
- Prevent and mitigate crisis risks: UNDP’s Risk Anticipation Hub provides data and analysis in over 30 countries to inform fast, effective decision-making on preventive actions to mitigate crisis risks. In Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo, we partnered with national authorities and local actors to establish 38 early warning and response mechanisms to address the root causes of violent extremism. During the transition in Haiti, UNDP has remained a key partner to the National Police and the Provisional Electoral Council, strengthening security in preparation for safe and inclusive elections. We also support countries in mitigating disaster risks through our $800 million portfolio supporting climate information and early warning systems. Through the Systemic Observations Financing Facility, co-founded with UN partners, UNDP is supporting 60 countries in improving data on weather and climate. We are a leading partner in the Early Warning for All initiative, launched by the UN Secretary-General to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather events by early warning systems by 2027. UNDP has mobilized an initial $1.3 million from the Green Climate Fund and will leverage an additional $157 million for seven developing countries.
RECRUITING WOMEN IS KEY TO MINE ACTION
Clearing land of mines and explosive ordnance allows displaced people to return to their homes and farms and rebuild their daily lives while also enabling countries to plan and progress. In Azerbaijan, women are clearing contaminated land for the first time after completing a UNDP-backed training programme. Involving women provides them with livelihoods and a voice in how the work is carried out. Photo: UNDP Azerbaijan
UNDP “stays and delivers” to advance women’s empowerment
In 2024, 70% of UNDP’s resources in fragile contexts were allocated to initiatives with gender equality as a principle or significant objective. For example:
- We partnered with women-led and other civil society organizations in Gaza to deliver gender-responsive emergency legal aid to 5,000 people.
- The UNDP and UN Women Gender Justice Platform, operating in 37 countries, extended access to justice for women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Ukraine.
- In Syria, UNDP provided job support to over 15,000 women, strengthened 22 women-led organizations and established five Women Safe Centres for nearly 19,000 women and girls.
Development helps communities and ex-combatants to return home and find sustainable solutions
Between 2022 and 2024, 19.2 million people benefited from UNDP’s work on forced displacement.
As a member of the UN Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement, UNDP collaborates with 15 countries to find lasting solutions so that people can return to their homes or sustainably integrate into host communities or other locations within their countries. Governments of the Central African Republic, Colombia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Mozambique, Nigeria and Somalia have collectively committed to advancing the human development of 11 million internally displaced persons, host community members and returnees.
UNDP also supports disarmament and reintegration strategies. In Ethiopia, UNDP is working with regional authorities, UN partners and civil society to assist the National Rehabilitation Commission to demobilize and reintegrate 372,000 ex-combatants over the next two years. The programme offers psychosocial support, civic education and small grants to support community reintegration while also providing prosthetics for former combatants with disabilities. In early 2025, the programme expanded from one to four regions.
REBUILDING LIVES AFTER CONFLICT
A cornerstone of UNDP’s efforts is its 60-year partnership with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. This work, in collaboration with other partners, has included supporting governments hosting Syrian refugees, leading to over 500,000 jobs for refugees and host community members. Photo: UNDP Lebanon
RESOLVING FORCED DISPLACEMENT
With UNDP support, governments in the Lake Chad Basin have improved security, work and living conditions, enabling 435,000 displaced persons to return home. This is one of over 100 similar projects across nearly 50 UNDP country offices. Photo: dpa/Alamy Live News
Digital
in action.
Investing in digital technologies could impact 70% of SDG targets
Digitalization and AI can both accelerate and disrupt development. Vibrant technology innovations are emerging in developing countries. At the same time, while AI may generate an estimated $15.7 trillion in economic gains between now and 2030[8], these benefits will mainly be in developed countries and China. Only about 10% of the gains will reach countries of the Global South, threatening to exacerbate existing inequalities.
To make digital transformation an empowering force for people and the planet, UNDP helps countries create a safe digital future for all.
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5.5 billion
LEADING THE WAY ON RESPONSIBLE AI
UNDP and partners are working to close digital divides and advance international development goals by prioritizing developing countries and emerging economies in a global collective effort to leverage AI for sustainable development.
ONLINE AUCTIONING TRANSFORMS INDUSTRY
Golley is one of the hundreds of potato farmers saving time and money in central Bhutan thanks to a new digital auctioning system, part of a state-of-the-art centre established by the Food Corporation of Bhutan Ltd. with support from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries’ Fund, UNDP and FAO. Photo: UNDP Bhutan / Karma Jamtsho