How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Netherlands: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Belgium

0.0156 units per person

in 2025

Netherlands

0.0157 units per person

in 2025

Belgium rank

32nd

Netherlands rank

30th

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of over time

Belgium
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.0157 units per person against 0.0156 units per person in Belgium, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 32nd and Netherlands ranks 30th of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 4 and Netherlands in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0047 units per person	0.0008 units per person	0.0039 units per person	Belgium
1970s	0.0023 units per person	0.0006 units per person	0.0016 units per person	Belgium
1980s	0.0031 units per person	0.0011 units per person	0.0019 units per person	Belgium
1990s	0.0025 units per person	0.0048 units per person	0.0023 units per person	Netherlands
2000s	0.0014 units per person	0.0072 units per person	0.0058 units per person	Netherlands
2010s	0.003 units per person	0.0051 units per person	0.0021 units per person	Netherlands
2020s	0.0117 units per person	0.0114 units per person	0.0003 units per person	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of, Belgium or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 0.0157 units per person against 0.0156 units per person in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Belgium and Netherlands?: 0.0001 units per person, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Netherlands?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Netherlands rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?: Belgium ranks 32nd and Netherlands ranks 30th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Netherlands: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/refugees-under-the-mandate-of-the-unhcr-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-capita/belgium/netherlands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/refugees-under-the-mandate-of-the-unhcr-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-capita/belgium/netherlands/">Belgium vs Netherlands: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 226 places, 10,431 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.