Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per capita by country
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
0.0915 units per person
Lebanon
Lowest
0 units per person
Vanuatu
Median
0.0009 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,431
What the numbers show
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per capita is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 0.0915 units per person in Lebanon; the lowest is 0 units per person in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0009 units per person, and the mean is 0.008 units per person.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 41,236.5%), and the largest decrease in Curaçao (down 100.0%).
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 0.0915 units per person | 2025 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Libya | 0.0741 units per person | 2025 | up 5,100.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Chad | 0.0715 units per person | 2025 | up 183.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0633 units per person | 2025 | up 41,236.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritania | 0.0567 units per person | 2025 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 0.0494 units per person | 2025 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 0.0399 units per person | 2025 | up 520.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Jordan | 0.0379 units per person | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Uganda | 0.0377 units per person | 2025 | up 196.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Czechia | 0.0363 units per person | 2025 | up 10,426.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Cyprus | 0.0352 units per person | 2025 | up 507.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Germany | 0.0318 units per person | 2025 | up 721.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Austria | 0.0311 units per person | 2025 | up 272.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Estonia | 0.0302 units per person | 2025 | up 25,061.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Türkiye | 0.0278 units per person | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 0.0272 units per person | 2025 | up 7,245.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0.026 units per person | 2025 | up 17,197.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Ireland | 0.0251 units per person | 2025 | up 1,835.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 0.0241 units per person | 2025 | up 517.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0.0229 units per person | 2025 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Norway | 0.0221 units per person | 2025 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Iceland | 0.0216 units per person | 2025 | up 4,094.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Djibouti | 0.021 units per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Montenegro | 0.0197 units per person | 2025 | up 598.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0.0188 units per person | 2025 | up 4,909.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Finland | 0.0182 units per person | 2025 | up 684.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Latvia | 0.0176 units per person | 2025 | up 17,896.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 0.0164 units per person | 2025 | up 593.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Denmark | 0.0158 units per person | 2025 | up 229.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands | 0.0157 units per person | 2025 | up 200.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan | 0.0157 units per person | 2025 | up 102.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Belgium | 0.0156 units per person | 2025 | up 398.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 0.015 units per person | 2025 | up 552.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Malta | 0.0143 units per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Niger | 0.0138 units per person | 2025 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Cameroon | 0.0137 units per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 0.0136 units per person | 2025 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 0.0129 units per person | 2025 | up 463.1% | volatile |
| 39 | France | 0.0115 units per person | 2025 | up 179.6% | volatile |
| 40 | North Macedonia | 0.0114 units per person | 2025 | up 3,037.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mali | 0.0114 units per person | 2025 | up 1,229.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Romania | 0.0109 units per person | 2025 | up 8,242.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.0107 units per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Spain | 0.0104 units per person | 2025 | up 7,356.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Central African Republic | 0.01 units per person | 2025 | up 533.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Canada | 0.01 units per person | 2025 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 0.0096 units per person | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0084 units per person | 2025 | up 342.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0083 units per person | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Rwanda | 0.0079 units per person | 2025 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Burundi | 0.0077 units per person | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Croatia | 0.0077 units per person | 2025 | up 6,063.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 0.0075 units per person | 2025 | up 1,576.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 0.0075 units per person | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 0.0071 units per person | 2025 | up 844.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Iraq | 0.0069 units per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Georgia | 0.0067 units per person | 2025 | up 1,172.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.0067 units per person | 2025 | up 360.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Portugal | 0.0065 units per person | 2025 | up 7,824.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Togo | 0.0063 units per person | 2025 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia | 0.0062 units per person | 2025 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Slovenia | 0.0059 units per person | 2025 | up 4,166.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.0045 units per person | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Belarus | 0.0045 units per person | 2025 | up 2,253.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0045 units per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Malaysia | 0.0042 units per person | 2025 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 0.0038 units per person | 2025 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Zambia | 0.0038 units per person | 2025 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Italy | 0.0033 units per person | 2025 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0024 units per person | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0023 units per person | 2025 | up 2,820.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 0.002 units per person | 2025 | up 4,883.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.0019 units per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Namibia | 0.0018 units per person | 2025 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 0.0017 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Malawi | 0.0016 units per person | 2025 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Gambia | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 0.0014 units per person | 2025 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0014 units per person | 2025 | up 1,664.0% | volatile |
| 80 | United States of America | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | up 57.7% | falling |
| 81 | Brazil | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | up 2,937.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Australia | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Yemen | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 85 | Mexico | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | up 4,702.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Benin | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | up 2,374.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Eswatini | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Somalia | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Uruguay | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 988.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 91 | South Africa | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Belize | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 759.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 251.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Cayman Islands | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 330.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Paraguay | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 2,330.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Angola | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 370.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Ghana | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Nigeria | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 7,067.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Monaco | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 107 | Naoero | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 108 | New Zealand | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 1,664.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Botswana | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 441.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Liberia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Lesotho | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 1,273.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Peru | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 311.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Tunisia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Morocco | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 90.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 121 | India | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 171.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Bahrain | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Mozambique | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Chile | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Israel | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 132 | Korea | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 199.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Guatemala | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 510.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Russian Federation | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Qatar | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 139 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 0 units per person | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Guyana | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 164.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Suriname | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Eritrea | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Hong Kong, China | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 145 | El Salvador | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 284.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Colombia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 507.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahamas | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Honduras | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 709.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 units per person | 1987 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Fiji | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Jamaica | 0 units per person | 2022 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 266.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Comoros | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 1,026.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Cambodia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 167 | China | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 99.9% | falling |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Viet Nam | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Curaçao | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Haiti | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Macau, China | 0 units per person | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0208 units per person
- European Union 0.0171 units per person
- Euro area 0.0163 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0123 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0112 units per person
- World 0.0035 units per person
- Other small states 0.0111 units per person
- Low income 0.0098 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.009 units per person
- OECD members 0.0084 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0084 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0078 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0077 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0076 units per person
- IDA only 0.0073 units per person
- Small states 0.0072 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0072 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0072 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0072 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0071 units per person
- Arab World 0.0069 units per person
- High income 0.0068 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.0063 units per person
- IDA total 0.006 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0057 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0057 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0052 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0036 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0029 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0028 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0024 units per person
- North America 0.0023 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0019 units per person
- Middle income 0.0019 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0018 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0017 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0013 units per person
- South Asia 0.0008 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0008 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0008 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 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
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.