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The UNHCR Refugee Data app showcases forced displacement and statelessness statistics over the last 24 years by country of asylum and origin.
People that UNHCR protects and/or assists include those who have been forcibly displaced (refugees, asylum-seekers, other people in need of international protection and internally displaced people); those who are stateless (most of whom are not forcibly displaced); and other groups of concern to whom UNHCR has extended its protection or provided assistance on a humanitarian basis. Refugee and IDP returnees are included in the solutions datasets. *The data for the latest year (2024) is available up until the mid-year, except IDMC data on Internally Displaced People which is available until end-2023.
| Year |
Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Refugees under UNHCR’s mandate |
Asylum-seekers |
IDPs of concern to UNHCR |
Other people in need of international protection |
Stateless persons |
Host community |
Others of concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | China | - | 193,449 | 15,362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | China | - | 195,121 | 24,799 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | China | - | 210,793 | 47,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | China | - | 212,911 | 57,693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | China | - | 207,768 | 72,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | China | - | 207,716 | 89,508 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | China | - | 212,039 | 94,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | China | - | 212,863 | 104,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | China | - | 175,361 | 108,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | China | - | 170,222 | 118,476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | China | - | 161,366 | 116,338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 2023 | China | - | 160,565 | 137,143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 2024* | China | - | 160,295 | 176,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Footnote | Year | Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Population Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2024* | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Pending asylum applications refer to the end of 2015. | 2016 | - | Angola | ASY |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.5 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2020 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 3 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2018 | - | Kazakhstan | ASY |
| An adjustment to 2015 end of year figures, in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review, has resulted in a substantially lower figure for numbers of asylum-seekers reported in South Africa. | 2015 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 12,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2021 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Asylum applications and pending figures are adjusted with the average number of person per case(1.3). | 2016 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| Statistics on asylum applications and decisions processed by the government of Rwanda are reported by UNHCR based on information shared by Government of Rwanda. The comprehensive data is however only available with the government of Rwanda. Please also note, that small figures have been redacted for data protection reasons. Among asylum applications decided upon by the government of Rwanda, the total number of recognised asylum-seekers in 2022 was 41, while 103 applications were rejected and 27 cased were otherwise closed. Statistics on applications and decisions processed by UNHCR, reflect case processing for the purpose of durable solutions as part of the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM). | 2022 | - | Rwanda | ASY |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.3 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2017 - 2022 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| An adjustment to 2014 end of year figures in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review has resulted in a substantially higher figure for numbers of asylum seekers reported in South Africa for 2015. It should be noted that the current legal framework in South Africa does not enable the withdrawal (whether explicit or implicit) of asylum applications lodged. | 2015 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Australia’s figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Australia | ASY |
| All figures refer to the mid of 2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| All figures refer to mid-2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Data refers to number of cases or mix of persons and cases. | 2016 - 2018 | - | Belgium | ASY |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. There are some 13,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2022 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Australia's figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Australia | ASY |
| Also, only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2023 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Asylum applications and pending figures are adjusted with the average number of person per case(1.46). | 2016 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Figures are UNHCR estimates. | 2015 - 2016, 2018 - 2019 | - | Japan | ASY |
| Refers to refugee status determination conducted in Kosovo S/RES/1244(1999). | 2015 - 2016 | - | Serbia and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999) | ASY |
| UNHCR’s global reporting standard for asylum statistics is for individual level data. To meet this standard, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shared the 2021 asylum data expressed in terms of individuals. Previously, USCIS provided data based on asylum “cases” and average family household size, which UNHCR used to estimate the total number of individual asylum applications before USCIS. The shift in 2021 to USCIS reporting of individuals (not cases) allows for more precise reporting, as well as more consistency across the U.S. asylum data, since the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has already been reporting individual-level asylum statistics to UNHCR. UNHCR notes that the increase in the reported number of asylum applications filed with USCIS in 2021 primarily reflects this change in reporting modality. | 2021 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| No information on asylum applications registered or decisions taken during 2015 is available. Pending cases refers to September 2013. | 2015 | - | Ecuador | ASY |
| Asylum applications registered and decisions taken is limited to UNHCR data. | 2015 | - | Israel | ASY |
| Source: Eurostat | 2019 | - | Belgium | ASY |
| New asylum applications were not received in 2021 while Refugee Reception Offices were closed due to the declaration of a national state of disaster (COVID-19 health pandemic). | 2021 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| All figures refer to the end of 2016. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Japan | ASY |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.501 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2018 - 2019 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Decisions during 2018 are not available. | 2018 | - | Nauru | ASY |
| Decisions during the year are not available. | 2017 | - | Nauru | ASY |
| The 2014 ministerial declaration that offered Prima Facie refugee status to persons fleeing generalised violence from Central African Republic from January 2013 onwards is no longer applicable. As such, all refugees are assessed on an individual basis by the National Commission for Refugees. | 2021 - 2022 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | ASY |
| An adjustment to 2016 end of year figures, in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review, has resulted in a substantially lower figure for numbers of asylum-seekers reported in South Africa. | 2016 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 6,100 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2020 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| The number of asylum applications includes 38,278 asylum applications not yet formalized, i.e. individuals with an appointment to complete the application procedure, as well as 11,066 applicants whose cases have been processed but have yet to receive notification of the decision on their asylum applications. The latter relate primarily to cases received prior to 2020. Until end-2020 these were reported under others of concern and have since been re-classified as asylum applications since the 2021 mid-year statistical report. | 2021 | - | Costa Rica | ASY |
| The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) and refugees individually recognized in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2020 - 2022, 2024 | - | Canada | ASY |
| The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2023 | - | Canada | ASY |
| In 2022, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (only October to December) started their applications by obtaining an appointment to formalize their asylum claim. The appointment process for Nicaraguans and Venezuelans ended in December 2022. | 2022 | - | Costa Rica | ASY |
| Data include asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Türkiye | ASY |
