Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in World
World: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of was 0.0035 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in World, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in World stood at 0.0035 units per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in World peaked at 0.0039 units per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 units per person, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in World, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0005 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.0005 units per person | +7.6% |
| 1962 | 0.0005 units per person | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0005 units per person | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0009 units per person | +85.9% |
| 1965 | 0.001 units per person | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 0.001 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0006 units per person | -36.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0007 units per person | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0007 units per person | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0007 units per person | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0007 units per person | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0007 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0006 units per person | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0006 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0007 units per person | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0009 units per person | +29.8% |
| 1977 | 0.001 units per person | +17.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0011 units per person | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 units per person | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0019 units per person | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0021 units per person | +13.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0022 units per person | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0022 units per person | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0022 units per person | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0024 units per person | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0024 units per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0025 units per person | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0028 units per person | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0028 units per person | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0033 units per person | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0031 units per person | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0033 units per person | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0029 units per person | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0028 units per person | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0026 units per person | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0023 units per person | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 0.002 units per person | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 units per person | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0019 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.002 units per person | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0019 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 units per person | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0015 units per person | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0015 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 units per person | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0015 units per person | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0017 units per person | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0015 units per person | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0015 units per person | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0015 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0015 units per person | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0015 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0016 units per person | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 0.002 units per person | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 units per person | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0023 units per person | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0026 units per person | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0026 units per person | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0026 units per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0026 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0027 units per person | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0037 units per person | +36.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0039 units per person | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0038 units per person | -3.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0035 units per person | -8.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +85.9% | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0009 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0006 units per person | 0.0014 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0024 units per person | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0028 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0026 units per person | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0033 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0016 units per person | 0.0013 units per person | 0.002 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.002 units per person | 0.0015 units per person | 0.0026 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0034 units per person | 0.0026 units per person | 0.0039 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Lebanon 0.0915 units per person compare
- 2 Libya 0.0741 units per person compare
- 3 Chad 0.0715 units per person compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 0.0633 units per person compare
- 5 Mauritania 0.0567 units per person compare
- 6 South Sudan 0.0494 units per person compare
More social development data for World
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 28.46 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 28.11 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0034 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 28.11 million (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 -8.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 28.46 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -7.96 % 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 0.2438 units per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in World?
- Refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in World was 0.0035 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0039 units per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 units per person in 1963.
- How does World rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- World ranks 3rd out of 3 groups with data for 2025.
- Is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.