Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in China
China: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of was 0 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in China, 1966–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in China is 0 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 99.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in China peaked at 0.0003 units per person in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 2025.
That places China 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in China, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 0 units per person | — |
| 1979 | 0.0003 units per person | +19459.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0003 units per person | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0003 units per person | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0003 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0003 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 units per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0003 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0003 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 units per person | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 units per person | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 units per person | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 units per person | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0 units per person | -99.9% |
| 2023 | 0 units per person | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 0 units per person | -11.7% |
| 2025 | 0 units per person | -11.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0 units per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0003 units per person, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- China's 0 units per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 units per person, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in 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 | +19459.9% | 0 units per person | 0.0003 units per person |
| 2022 | -99.9% | 0.0002 units per person | 0 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 1 |
| 1970s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
- 164 Dominican Republic 0 units per person compare
- 165 Cambodia 0 units per person compare
- 166 Turkmenistan 0 units per person compare
- 168 Uzbekistan 0 units per person compare
- 169 Viet Nam 0 units per person compare
- 170 Aruba 0 units per person
- 170 Cape Verde 0 units per person compare
- 170 Curaçao 0 units per person compare
- 170 Haiti 0 units per person compare
- 170 Macau, China 0 units per person compare
- 170 Singapore 0 units per person compare
- 170 Solomon Islands 0 units per person compare
- 170 Sierra Leone 0 units per person compare
- 170 Timor-Leste 0 units per person
- 170 Vanuatu 0 units per person compare
More social development data for China
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 230 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 153,962 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 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 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 153,962 (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 -11.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in China?
- Refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in China was 0 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0003 units per person in 1983.
- What is the lowest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2025.
- How does China rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- China ranks 167th out of 179 countries with data for 2025.
- Is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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, per capita. 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 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.