Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 2000–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 0 units per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 units per US$ of GDP, in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | units per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | — |
| 2001 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +20.4% |
| 2002 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +48.4% |
| 2003 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +43.7% |
| 2010 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -37.3% |
| 2011 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +51.0% |
| 2015 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +122.8% |
| 2016 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -62.2% |
| 2017 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +71.4% |
| 2024 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | +24.0% |
| 2025 | 0 units per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +122.8% | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More social development data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 9.48 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.08 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0084 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.08 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0072 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 9.48 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 14.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2015.
- What is the lowest asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per US$ of GDP in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 7th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of gdp rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.