UNHCR global website: Change site
Close 
Search for the country site.
Country profile
Country website
Search for the country site.
Country profile
Country website
The UNHCR Refugee Data app showcases forced displacement and statelessness statistics over the last 24 years by country of asylum and origin.
Individual refugee status determination procedures start with the applicant registering their asylum claim for the first time in a country – a new asylum application. Once their claim is processed, applicants will either receive a substantive decision on their case or their case will be closed for administrative reasons. Read more.
| Year |
Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Authority | Application type | Cases/ Persons | Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | - | - | UNHCR | New applications | Persons | 50,033 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Persons | 669,239 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Appeal applications | Persons | 129,710 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Persons | 32,785 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Repeat applications | Persons | 43,323 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Judiciary | Persons | 405 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New and repeat applications | Persons | 3,519 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Appeal applications | Persons | 4,461 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Appeal applications | Cases | 4,563 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Persons | 102,570 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Appeal applications | Persons | 1,583 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Repeat applications | Persons | 480 |
| 2020 | - | - | UNHCR | Appeal applications | Persons | 5,880 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Persons | 6,748 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Persons | 119,300 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | New applications | Cases | 87,678 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Appeal applications | Persons | 5,490 |
| 2020 | - | - | Joint | New applications | Persons | 583 |
| 2020 | - | - | Government | Repeat applications | Persons | 49 |
| 2020 | - | - | UNHCR | Repeat applications | Persons | 204 |
| Footnote | Year | Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Population Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The data is based on the registered population as of end-2020, as data for 2021 was not available at time of publication apart from the data on asylum-seekers, which was sourced from Eurostat, and resettlement which was sourced from the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers. | 2021 | - | Belgium | ASY |
| UNHCR continues to report on the 2,534 refugees and 36,241 stateless people until their status and whereabouts can be ascertained. For asylum-seekers, end of year figures account also for those who confirmed their spontaneous departure to UNHCR from February 2022. The others of concern figure at end-2022 corresponds to the number of conflict-affected, non-displaced people assisted by UNHCR during the year. | 2022 | - | Ukraine | ASY |
| The numbers refer to mid-2020, as data for end-2020 was not available at time of publication. | 2020 | - | Angola | ASY |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In South Africa, all refugees and asylum-seekers with valid permits were considered to be active during the COVID-19 pandemic era as long as their permit’s expiry dates were after the breakout of the pandemic. With the resumption of normal services in 2022, many permits have been inactivated and are therefore considered to be administrative closures. In total, some 72,200 individuals either did not extend their permits or the extended permits became inactive by the end of the year. Individuals whose permits have been inactivated can reapply although asylum-seekers and refugees have reported challenges in accessing the online renewal system. | 2022 | - | 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 |
| The increase in the number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya is due to the arrival in 2024 of a total of 228,800 Sudanese. Almost 30,800 of them were registered as asylum-seekers by UNHCR and the remaining 198,000 are estimated based on the issuance of health cards in areas outside of Tripoli and reported as people in a refugee-like situation. | 2024 | - | Libya | 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. | 2020 - 2022 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| Data is as of end-2020, apart from the data on asylum-seekers, which was sourced from Eurostat. | 2021 | - | Luxembourg | ASY |
| All data is as of end-2022. | 2023 - 2024 | - | Bahamas | ASY |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by end 2020. | 2020 | - | Dominican Rep. | ASY |
| Temporary protection granted to Ukrainians does not necessarily mean new displacement since it could include reapplications or reactivations from the refugees who were already granted refugee status following temporary visits to Ukraine as well as duplicated registrations across countries. Furthermore, Ukrainians that have been granted temporary protection may also have lodged individual asylum applications. See Ukraine Refugee Situation: Population movements, Factsheet #2, UNHCR (https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/114591). | 2024 | Ukraine | - | ASY |
| All data is as of May 2024. | 2024 | - | Curacao | 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 |
| 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 |
| Figures are UNHCR estimates. | 2021, 2024 | - | Japan | 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 |
| Data for refugees and stateless people is as of end-2020. Data for asylum-seekers is sourced from the monthly statistics published on the Government website: https://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/prieglobscio-skyriaus-statistika/statistika-1/2021-metai | 2021 | - | Lithuania | 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 |
| The data are generally provided by governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection. | 2020 - 2022 | - | - | ASY |
| Refers to Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR mandate only. | 2021 | Palestinian | - | ASY |
| Data is as of end-2019. | 2022 | - | Monaco | ASY |
| As of December 2024, 930,000 Sudanese were registered by UNHCR in Egypt as asylum-seekers.The Government of Egypt reported 1.5 million Sudanese people having arrived in the country since the onset of the crisis. See also the Sudan Situation on the Operational Data Portal. | 2024 | Sudan | Egypt | 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 |
| All figures are as of mid-2024 apart from statistics on resettlement arrivals and asylum-seekers. | 2024 | - | Australia | 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 |
| As of 31 December 2023, 152,800 Sudanese were registered by UNHCR in Egypt as asylum-seekers. Of this number, 125,600 were new arrivals who had fled the recent conflict, with an additional 222,000 pending registration with UNHCR by year-end. The Government of Egypt reported 370,000 Sudanese people having arrived in the country since the onset of the crisis. See also the Sudan Situation on the Operational Data Portal. | 2023 | Sudan | Egypt | 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 December 2024, 116 Rohingya that were rescued and disembarked. At an initial interview with UNHCR soon after disembarkation they stated that they departed to Sri Lanka to seek asylum. Given the intention and considering the situation of Rohingya in Myanmar, UNHCR has included them as asylum-seekers. UNHCR has not been able to conduct a formal registration process as UNHCR does not have access to them while they remain in detention. | 2024 | - | Sri Lanka | ASY |
| Small values between zero and five have been rounded to multiples of five. Data on asylum applications and decisions has additionally been rounded for small values between five and 10. Demographic data has been additionally modified so that the data remains additive. | 2020 - 2022 | - | - | 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 |
| In Pakistan, the verification of the number of new arrivals from Afghanistan concluded in 2024. Due to the inactivation of substantive numbers of absentees, this resulted in an overall reduction of 190,200 Afghans reported in the country and an increase of 108,300 Afghans being registered as asylum-seekers. At the same time, 143,900 formerly unregistered family members of registered refugees, that were previously reported as people in a refugee-like situation, are now included as refugees, in line with the upcoming 2025-2027 multi-year strategy for Afghans. | 2024 | - | Pakistan | ASY |
| All statistics reported by the United States of America apart from resettlement arrivals are as of mid-2024. Hence, the data of new applications and decisions only include the period between January and June 2024, and the number of pending applications is as of 30 June 2024. The full year statistics for each of these are likely to be higher. | 2024 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| The United States of America has also offered temporary status in certain circumstances to people in need of international protection. For example, in 2022, a significant number of Ukrainians and their immediate family members were given temporary protection on a humanitarian basis in the United States. UNHCR is in discussions with the U.S. government about how to best reflect such datapoints for all relevant populations in future reporting cycles. | 2022 | - | United States of America | ASY |
