Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Macau, China
Macau, China: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of was 0 in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Macau, China, 1964–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Macau, China recorded 0 for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Macau, China peaked at 80,000 in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2010.
That places Macau, China 170th out of 179 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Macau, China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 80,000 | — |
| 1965 | 80,000 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 73,770 | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 74,000 | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 70,000 | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 65,000 | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 66,000 | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 70,000 | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 80,000 | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 850 | -98.9% |
| 1979 | 3,490 | +310.6% |
| 1980 | 2,920 | -16.3% |
| 1981 | 1,200 | -58.9% |
| 1982 | 970 | -19.2% |
| 1983 | 800 | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 730 | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 700 | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 600 | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 500 | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 440 | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 422 | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 205 | -51.4% |
| 1991 | 116 | -43.4% |
| 1992 | 15 | -87.1% |
| 1993 | 10 | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 9 | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 6 | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
Macau, China compared with similar countries
- Macau, China's 0 is below the median for high income countries, which is 12,513. (65 countries reporting)
- Macau, China's 0 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 155. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Macau, China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +310.6% | 850 | 3,490 |
| 1978 | -98.9% | 80,000 | 850 |
| 2010 | -100.0% | 6 | 0 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,795 | 65,000 | 80,000 | 6 |
| 1970s | 44,068 | 850 | 80,000 | 5 |
| 1980s | 928.2 | 422 | 2,920 | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.5 | 8 | 205 | 6 |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Macau, China
- 170 Aruba 0
- 170 Cape Verde 0 compare
- 170 Curaçao 0 compare
- 170 Haiti 0 compare
- 170 Singapore 0 compare
- 170 Solomon Islands 0 compare
- 170 Sierra Leone 0 compare
- 170 Timor-Leste 0
- 170 Vanuatu 0 compare
More social development data for Macau, China
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2017)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2017)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2017)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -100 % change on previous year (2010)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 % change on previous year (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 0 units per square kilometre (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Macau, China?
- Refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Macau, China was 0 in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Macau, China?
- The highest recorded value was 80,000 in 1964.
- What is the lowest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Macau, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2010.
- How does Macau, China rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- Macau, China ranks 170th out of 179 countries with data for 2017.
- Is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of rising or falling in Macau, China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Macau, China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.