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 square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in China, 1966–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in China stood at 0 units per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% 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 0.0343 units per square kilometre in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 2023.
China ranks 165th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in China, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1979 | 0.0266 units per square kilometre | +25673.1% |
| 1980 | 0.028 units per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0282 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.029 units per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0295 units per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0298 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0298 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.03 units per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0299 units per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0306 units per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0308 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0307 units per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0306 units per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0306 units per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0307 units per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0309 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0311 units per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0311 units per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0313 units per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0315 units per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0317 units per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0319 units per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0319 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0338 units per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0343 units per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0343 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0 units per square kilometre | -99.9% |
| 2023 | 0 units per square kilometre | -7.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0 units per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0093 units per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- China's 0 units per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0006 units per square kilometre, 5% 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 | +25673.1% | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0266 units per square kilometre |
| 2022 | -99.9% | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 1 |
| 1970s | 0.0266 units per square kilometre | 0.0266 units per square kilometre | 0.0266 units per square kilometre | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.0295 units per square kilometre | 0.028 units per square kilometre | 0.0303 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0308 units per square kilometre | 0.0306 units per square kilometre | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0319 units per square kilometre | 0.0313 units per square kilometre | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0327 units per square kilometre | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | 0.0343 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0162 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0323 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 162 Guyana 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 163 Madagascar 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 164 Viet Nam 0.0001 units per square kilometre compare
- 166 Mongolia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Aruba 0 units per square kilometre
- 167 Bahamas 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Cape Verde 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Curaçao 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Haiti 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Saint Lucia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Macau, China 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Naoero 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Singapore 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Solomon Islands 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Sierra Leone 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 167 Timor-Leste 0 units per square kilometre
- 167 Vanuatu 0 units per square kilometre 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 person (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 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 square kilometre in 2023, 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 0.0343 units per square kilometre in 2018.
- 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 square kilometre in 2023.
- How does China rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- China ranks 165th out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- 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 rising.
- 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 square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.