Other people in need of international protection by country or in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Other people in need of international protection by country or was 211,935 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Other people in need of international protection by country or in Lower middle income, 2019–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 211,935 for other people in need of international protection by country or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 1,047.1% on the previous year and up 3,773.1% over ten years.
That places Lower middle income 15th out of 20 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Other people in need of international protection by country or in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5,472 | — |
| 2020 | 9,557 | +74.7% |
| 2021 | 11,828 | +23.8% |
| 2022 | 13,531 | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 16,103 | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 18,475 | +14.7% |
| 2025 | 211,935 | +1047.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,472 | 5,472 | 5,472 | 1 |
| 2020s | 46,905 | 9,557 | 211,935 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 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
- 17 Cayman Islands 0 compare
- 17 Guatemala 0 compare
- 17 Nicaragua 0
- 17 Paraguay 0 compare
- 17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 compare
More social development data for Lower middle income
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5.41 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3.40 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0012 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3.40 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0018 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 -4.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5.41 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.59 % 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 Lower middle income?
- Other people in need of international protection by country or in Lower middle income was 211,935 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 211,935 in 2025.
- What is the lowest other people in need of international protection by country or recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,472 in 2019.
- How does Lower middle income rank for other people in need of international protection by country or?
- Lower middle income ranks 15th out of 20 groups with data for 2025.
- Is other people in need of international protection by country or rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,773.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lower middle 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.
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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.