United States

Support for Mine Action

Last updated: 17 October 2020

In 2019, the United States (US) contributed more than US$177 million to 21 countries as well as global activities.[1] This represent a 12% decrease from the $201.7 million provided in 2018.

US support to mine action was distributed among the following regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific ($74.5 million, 42%, five recipient countries), the Middle East and North Africa ($48.9 million, 28%, five recipient countries), the Americas ($24 million, 14%, one recipient country), Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia ($14.5 million, 8%, six recipient countries), and Sub-Saharan Africa ($11.1 million, 6%, four recipient countries). A further $4.4 million (2%) designated as global was not earmarked for any state, area or region.

The US allocates the majority of its mine action funding through the State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA). Additional funding is allocated through the Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund within the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Contributions by recipient: 2019

Recipient

Sector

Amount (US$)

Iraq

Clearance and risk education

37,500,000

Lao PDR

Capacity-building, clearance, risk education, and victim assistance

32,000,000

Colombia

Capacity-building, clearance, risk education, and victim assistance

24,000,000

Afghanistan

Capacity-building, clearance, and victim assistance

20,000,000

Vietnam

Clearance and risk education

15,000,000

Ukraine

Capacity-building and clearance

8,500,000

Cambodia

Clearance and risk education

5,000,000

Lebanon

Clearance and risk education

5,000,000

Global

Victim assistance

4,357,512

Angola

Clearance and risk education

4,100,000

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Capacity-building, clearance, risk education, and victim assistance

4,000,000

Yemen

Capacity-building and victim assistance

4,000,000

Sri Lanka

Clearance and risk education

2,500,000

South Sudan

Clearance and risk education

2,000,000

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Clearance and risk education

2,000,000

Libya

Capacity-building and clearance

2,000,000

Tajikistan

Capacity-building and clearance

1,500,000

Albania

Clearance

1,000,000

Serbia

Clearance

1,000,000

Zimbabwe

Clearance and risk education

1,000,000

Georgia

Victim assistance

501,802

Jordan

Victim assistance

400,000

Total

 

177,359,314

 

From 2015–2019, the cumulative US contribution for mine action totaled approximately $1 billion. This represents three-fifths more than the $622.1 million provided in the previous five-year period from 2010–2014.[2]

It is the eleventh consecutive year that annual US support has totaled more than $100 million.

Summary of contributions: 2015–2019[3]

Year

Amount (US$)

% change from previous year

2019

177,359,314

-12

2018

201,682,000

-37

2017

320,579,224

+103

2016

152,375,000

-5

2015

159,335,000

+41

Total

1,011,330,538

N/A

Note: N/A=not applicable.



[1] US Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA), “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2019,” pp. 64–70, 2 April 2020; and email from Kirsten Lentz, Senior Technical Advisor, Rehabilitation, USAID Democracy, Human Rights and Governance Office, Empowerment and Inclusion Division, 16 June 2020.

[2] See, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, “Country Profile: United States: Support for Mine Action,” 22 November 2013.

[3] See previous Monitor reports.