Top donor pledges for Syria

Donor nations have pledged to give more than $US10 billion ($A14 billion) by 2020 to meet Syrian needs.

HOW MUCH THE MOST GENEROUS DONORS ARE PLEDGING FOR SYRIA'S HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.

The pledges were made at a conference in London on Thursday, and described by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the single biggest humanitarian fundraising event ever.

1. GERMANY

2016: $US1.3 billion

2017-2020: $US1.2 billion

2. EUROPEAN COMMISSION

2016: $US1 billion

2017-2020: $US1.4 billion

3. UNITED STATES

2016: $US925 million

4. BRITAIN

2016: $US731 million

2017-2020: $US1.2 billion

5. JAPAN

2016: $US350 million

6. NORWAY

2016: $US278 million

2017-2020: $US881 million

7. SAUDI ARABIA

2016: $US200 million

8. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

2016: $US137 million

9. NETHERLANDS

2016: $US136 million

10. DENMARK

2016: $US101 million

11. KUWAIT

2016: $US100 million

2017-2020: $US200 million

TOTAL FROM ALL DONORS AT CONFERENCE

2016: $US5.269 billion

2017-2020: $US4.879 billion