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Household Multi-Sectoral Need Assessment (MSNA) - 2025

Afghanistan, 2025
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Reference ID
UNHCR_AFG_2025_HMSNA
Producer(s)
UNHCR
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Asia Pacific Needs Assessments
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Sep 23, 2025
Last modified
Dec 18, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_AFG_2025_HMSNA
    Title

    Household Multi-Sectoral Need Assessment (MSNA) - 2025
    Country
    Name Country code
    Afghanistan AFG
    Study type

    Sample Frame, Households [sf/hh]
    Abstract

    The Household Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (HMNA) Mid-Year 2025 was carried out by UNHCR Afghanistan between April and June 2025 across all 34 provinces. The survey aimed to identify families in need of cash assistance and to capture the evolving needs of diverse population groups, including host communities, refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), returnees, and asylum-seekers. The assessment covers multiple sectors such as basic needs, protection, shelter, WASH, education, legal assistance, and community services. Findings provide evidence to guide UNHCR’s operational response, particularly in addressing urgent vulnerabilities and informing solutions related to cash-based interventions, voluntary repatriation, sustainable reintegration, and local integration.
    Unit of Analysis

    Household

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, cleaned, and anonymised data.
    Version Date

    2025-09-23

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope includes:

    • Demographic and return profiles
    • Protection risks and coping strategies
    • Access to services (education, healthcare, shelter, water and sanitation)
    • Livelihoods and income
    • Food security and basic needs
    • Community engagement and social cohesion
    • Mental health and psychosocial support
    • Connectivity and information access
    • Reintegration challenges and local solutions
    Topics
    Topic
    Health
    Water Sanitation Hygiene
    Food security
    Emergency Shelter and NFI
    Education
    Livelihood and Social cohesion
    Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
    Connectivity
    Return
    Basic Needs
    Cash Assistance
    Keywords
    Multi-Sectoral Need Assessment MSNA

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Afghanistan
    Universe

    Host community, refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), IDP returnees, refugee returnees, and asylum-seekers residing in Afghanistan.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Simple random sampling
    Weighting

    No weights were applied, as the survey followed a simple random sampling design.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Standard HMSNA questionnaire covering demographics, displacement status, shelter, WASH, protection, education, livelihoods, income/expenditure, and basic needs.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2025-04-21 2025-06-30
    Mode of data collection
    • Other [oth]
    Data Collectors
    Name
    United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2025). Afghanistan: Household Multi-Sectoral Need Assessment (MSNA) - 2025. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR dencomdl@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    UNHCR_AFG_2025_HMSNA
    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2025-09-23
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