El Salvador vs Japan: Forcibly displaced people
Forcibly displaced people over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 65,097 against 61,510 in El Salvador, a difference of 3,587.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Japan ahead.
El Salvador ranks 93rd and Japan ranks 90th of 181 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49.3 | 17,289 | 17,240 | Japan |
| 2020s | 33,116 | 40,458 | 7,342 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forcibly displaced people, El Salvador or Japan?
- Japan, at 65,097 against 61,510 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forcibly displaced people between El Salvador and Japan?
- 3,587, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for forcibly displaced people?
- El Salvador ranks 93rd and Japan ranks 90th of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.