UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, provides comprehensive data and statistics on forced displacement, both regarding specific operations, the global situation and populations of forcibly displaced people. The material is available for staff, governments, partners, other humanitarian and development stakeholders, academia and the public. In addition, UNHCR publishes a number of reports – sometimes jointly with other organizations and partners – which are important tools in advocacy and awareness raising.
Figures at a Glance
Statistical Resources and Data Portals
Global Trends Report
UNHCR’s annual statistical report on global forced displacement, providing figures and trends on refugees, internally displaced, asylum-seekers and stateless people.
Global Report
This report highlights the latest key results and achievements of UNHCR’s work, including details about major refugee operations worldwide.
Operational Data Portal
Providing data, information and continuous updates on operations and current emergencies.
Global Focus Portal
UNHCR’s main reporting portal for donors and other key partners, providing an overview of operations, activities and results.
Resettlement Data Finder
Providing statistics on resettlement, including countries of origin, countries of asylum and countries of resettlement. The dataportal is updated monthly.
Refugee statistics
UNHCR’s Population Statistics Database provides official and validated data about UNHCR’s populations of concern from 1951.
Reports
- UNHCR’s Global Appeal is published annually and presents UNHCR’s estimated financial needs in order to help and protect the persons of concern under its mandate
- Global Resettlement Needs – UNHCR publishes each year a report with the projected global needs for resettlement
- The report “Mapping of protection services for vulnerable people on the move, including victims of trafficking”, UNHCR maps the situation for asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants as they travel along the routes in Northern Africa towards the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Oceans (July 2022)
- ”Staying the Course: The Challenges Facing Refugee Education” is UNHCR’s latest report on refugee education (September 2021)
- The UNHCR-Mixed Migration Center report “On this journey no one cares if you live or dies” looks at the abuse and protection along the routes from East and West Africa to the Mediterranean (from August 2020)
- “Families Together” is a UNHCR-report on family reunification for refugees in the European Union (from February 2019)
- ”This is our home” – a report providing key findings on the situation for – and the experiences stigmatization and persecution – of stateless minorities (November 2017)
- Factsheet on Refugee and Migrant Arrivals to Europe via the Mediterranean (2021)
- Factsheet on Resettlement to Europe (2020)
- Factsheet on Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe (2021), published jointly with IOM and UNICEF, providing statistics and trends on both accompanied, unaccompanied and separated minors, arriving in Europe.
- Refugee Voices on Integration in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Results from the survey and profiling exercise (2021) full report and summary report
- UNHCR’s Global Action Plan to End Statelessness, 2014-2024, 10 Actions which need to be undertaken to end statelessness by 2024.
Other Resources
Refworld
Compiling a comprehensive archive of legal documents and resources, historical and current, on protection, refugee- and displacement-related issues.
The 1951 Refugee Convention
Find the treaty, its protocol and additional information on the convention, which is the key legal document, forming the basis of UNHCR’s work.
Refugees Media
Providing photos and video material from refugee and displacement situations across the globe. The media library can be accessed and content downloaded by media and partners by creating a profile.
