Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita in Congo
Congo: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita was 0.0015 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita in Congo, 2000–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Congo recorded 0.0015 units per person for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita in 2025.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita in Congo peaked at 0.0024 units per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 units per person, in 2011.
That places Congo 45th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 origin, per capita in Congo, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0013 units per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.0013 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0021 units per person | +60.9% |
| 2003 | 0.002 units per person | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0022 units per person | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 units per person | -42.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0015 units per person | +20.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0012 units per person | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0007 units per person | -39.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0007 units per person | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 units per person | -37.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 units per person | +24.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 units per person | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0008 units per person | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0008 units per person | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0024 units per person | +193.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 units per person | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.002 units per person | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 units per person | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 units per person | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0016 units per person | -26.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0017 units per person | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0019 units per person | +15.7% |
| 2025 | 0.0015 units per person | -25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0016 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0022 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0011 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0024 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0018 units per person | 0.0015 units per person | 0.0022 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More social development data for Congo
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 62,500 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13,134 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13,134 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0096 units per person (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 origin, per capita in Congo?
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita in Congo was 0.0015 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0024 units per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 units per person in 2011.
- How does Congo rank for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita?
- Congo ranks 45th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 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 origin ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 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 origin divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.