Other people in need of international protection by country or in High income
High income: Other people in need of international protection by country or was 805,373 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Other people in need of international protection by country or in High income, 2018–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
High income recorded 805,373 for other people in need of international protection by country or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.7% on the previous year and up 60.9% over ten years.
High income ranks 13th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Other people in need of international protection by country or in High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 500,658 | — |
| 2019 | 666,178 | +33.1% |
| 2020 | 671,667 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 733,387 | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 687,975 | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 600,821 | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 684,267 | +13.9% |
| 2025 | 805,373 | +17.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 583,418 | 500,658 | 666,178 | 2 |
| 2020s | 697,248 | 600,821 | 805,373 | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 10 Guyana 23,401 compare
- 11 Uruguay 20,833 compare
- 12 Costa Rica 19,120 compare
- 13 Aruba 11,470 compare
- 14 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8,259 compare
- 15 Curaçao 6,903 compare
- 16 Trinidad and Tobago 3,856 compare
More social development data for High income
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 9.68 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,559 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,559 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0068 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 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 9.68 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.03 % 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 other people in need of international protection by country or in High income?
- Other people in need of international protection by country or in High income was 805,373 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest other people in need of international protection by country or recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 805,373 in 2025.
- What is the lowest other people in need of international protection by country or recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 500,658 in 2018.
- How does High income rank for other people in need of international protection by country or?
- High income ranks 13th out of 20 groups with data for 2025.
- Is other people in need of international protection by country or rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Other people in need of international protection by country or territory of asylum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Other people in need of international protection refer to people who are outside their country or territory of origin, typically because they have been forcibly displaced across international borders, who have not been reported under other categories (including asylum-seekers and refugees) but who likely need international protection, including protection against forced return, as well as access to basic services on a temporary or longer-term basis.