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The refugee story in statistics
UNHCR seeks to contribute to informed decision-making and public debate by providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date statistics. This page provides data, trends and statistical reports on the "People of concern to UNHCR": refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally displaced and stateless persons in more than 150 countries.

This page tracks progress toward achieving lasting solutions for refugees, the scope and nature of protection activities, new outflows, the duration of refugee situations, camp locations, asylum applications and refugee status determination (RSD). Detailed information on country of asylum, origin, gender, age, location and legal status of refugees is available. Indicators on the quality of refugee protection and UNHCR operations are increasingly being collected.

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Newly released reports


UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2006
[December 2007]
Annexes available for downloading here
(Excel tables, zipped format, 520Kb)



Measuring Protection by Numbers
[PDF, 38pp., 2.72Mb]
A pilot report from UNHCR aimed at presenting the protection function from a quantitative perspective, in a reader friendly format accessible to non-experts. Hard-copies can be ordered from HQMPBN

Protracted Refugee Situations
[PDF, 12pp., 51Kb]
UNHCR policy and data on 38 major long-standing refugee situations, including 6.2 million refugees.

Unaccompanied and Separated Children Seeking Asylum, 2001-2003
[PDF, 14pp., 118Kb]
Levels and trends in unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum in 28, mostly industrialized, countries.



Statistics in the news

UNHCR news on refugee and asylum trends



Special Reports

Reports to UNHCR's ExCom, research papers, special topics



UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database

UNHCR's Statistical Online Population Database brings together in a single electronic platform standardized data on UNHCR's population of concern at country, regional, and global levels.


Millennium Development Goals and Refugees
Refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and the Millenium Development Goals


Statistical Yearbook
UNHCR's comprehensive annual statistical publication



Asylum trends

Asylum claims in industrialized countries
2007 overview
[PDF, 38pp., 497Kb]
2007 second quarter
[PDF, 24pp., 542Kb]
2006 overview
[PDF, 30pp., 454Kb]
2006 second quarter
[PDF, 22pp., 347Kb]
2006 first quarter
[PDF, 14pp., 150Kb]




Quarterly Trends

Refugee and refugee status determination (RSD) trends in developing countries



Standards & Indicators Report

Indicators for more than 100 refugee camps (Standards and Indicators Project)


Catalogue
Archive of all statistical reports






2005 Statistical Posters

Posters showing simple and per capita refugee populations world-wide, as well as simple and per-capita financial contributions.