Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita by country
Asylum-seekers 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.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.0346 units per person
Costa Rica
Lowest
0 units per person
Uzbekistan
Median
0.0003 units per person
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
5,379
What the numbers show
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.0346 units per person in Costa Rica; the lowest is 0 units per person in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 units per person, and the mean is 0.0015 units per person.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 140,026.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 0.0346 units per person | 2025 | up 5,012.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0171 units per person | 2025 | up 26,405.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 0.0169 units per person | 2025 | up 832.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 0.0161 units per person | 2025 | up 140,026.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Libya | 0.0142 units per person | 2025 | up 237.9% | volatile |
| 6 | United States | 0.0109 units per person | 2025 | up 1,123.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Djibouti | 0.0086 units per person | 2025 | up 231.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Uruguay | 0.0081 units per person | 2025 | up 39,253.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Naoero | 0.0077 units per person | 2025 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 0.0075 units per person | 2025 | up 1,273.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 0.0074 units per person | 2025 | up 1,837.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Ireland | 0.0061 units per person | 2025 | up 480.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Spain | 0.005 units per person | 2025 | up 2,022.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Suriname | 0.005 units per person | 2025 | up 6,716.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Belgium | 0.0049 units per person | 2025 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 0.0044 units per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Belize | 0.0043 units per person | 2025 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Italy | 0.004 units per person | 2025 | up 298.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 0.0038 units per person | 2025 | up 347.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Germany | 0.0036 units per person | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0032 units per person | 2025 | up 1,102.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Greece | 0.0031 units per person | 2025 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia | 0.003 units per person | 2025 | up 244.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Israel | 0.0029 units per person | 2025 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 0.0028 units per person | 2025 | up 1,114.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Netherlands | 0.0027 units per person | 2025 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Malta | 0.0024 units per person | 2025 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 0.0024 units per person | 2025 | down 74.2% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0021 units per person | 2025 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Switzerland | 0.0019 units per person | 2025 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 31 | Niger | 0.0018 units per person | 2025 | up 34,573.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 0.0018 units per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Iceland | 0.0017 units per person | 2025 | up 249.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | up 2,038.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritania | 0.0014 units per person | 2025 | up 1,019.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Mexico | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | up 11,747.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Somalia | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Lebanon | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 39 | South Africa | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Congo | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 41 | France | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 42 | Türkiye | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 44 | Norway | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 2,901.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Sudan | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 208.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Liechtenstein | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 7,251.7% | volatile |
| 50 | New Zealand | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 2,754.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 3,974.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 5,105.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Portugal | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 1,343.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Angola | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 611.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Uganda | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 1,383.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Zambia | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 301.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Brazil | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 445.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 3,038.4% | volatile |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 995.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 373.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Iraq | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Chile | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 723.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Pakistan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 1,480.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Tunisia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 6,274.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Chad | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Sweden | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Namibia | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 75 | Morocco | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 782.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Poland | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Yemen | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 659.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Finland | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Colombia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 14,486.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Armenia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 1,804.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 807.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 465.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 874.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 918.4% | volatile |
| 86 | South Sudan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 254.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 186.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 659.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 880.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 5,296.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 323.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Guatemala | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 2,740.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Cayman Islands | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritius | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 4,635.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Japan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Belarus | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 460.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Syria | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Liberia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 5,258.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Croatia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 1,449.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 9,447.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Burundi | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Czechia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 251.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Lesotho | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 982.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Senegal | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 111 | Algeria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Nigeria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 3,693.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Bahrain | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 679.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Lithuania | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 818.8% | volatile |
| 119 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Qatar | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 3,601.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 9,832.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Guyana | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Fiji | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 408.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Gabon | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 166.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 624.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Comoros | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Ghana | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Mali | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Guinea | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 142 | India | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Nepal | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 1,476.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 277.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Botswana | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 359.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Macao | 0 units per person | 2017 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 149 | Russian Federation | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Albania | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | China | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Aruba | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahamas | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Curacao | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Eritrea | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Grenada | 0 units per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Haiti | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Iran | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Jamaica | 0 units per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per person | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 0.0105 units per person
- Euro area 0.0031 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0062 units per person
- European Union 0.0025 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0048 units per person
- OECD members 0.0043 units per person
- High income 0.004 units per person
- Small states 0.0034 units per person
- Other small states 0.003 units per person
- Arab World 0.0023 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0017 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0017 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0016 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0016 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0015 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0015 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0014 units per person
- World 0.0011 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.001 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0007 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0007 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0007 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0007 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0006 units per person
- Low income 0.0006 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0006 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0006 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0005 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0005 units per person
- IDA total 0.0005 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0005 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0005 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0005 units per person
- Middle income 0.0005 units per person
- IDA only 0.0004 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0004 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0004 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.0003 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0003 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0002 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers 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.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Asylum-seekers 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.