Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP by country
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Chad
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Vanuatu
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,141
What the numbers show
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP in Chad; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 15,039.0%), 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 | Chad | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 175.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 73.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | — | rising |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 317.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 134.9% | rising |
| 11 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 5,914.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 833.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 13,082.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 131.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 29 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Türkiye | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,474.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 5,155.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3,166.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9,863.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 12,856.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,637.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 436.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,395.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 9,011.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,068.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 469.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 105.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3,222.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 275.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,266.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 15,039.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 454.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 494.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 726.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,693.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4,915.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 235.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 74 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,182.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4,646.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 844.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,313.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,262.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,510.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 94 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 247.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,433.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 572.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 367.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Liechtenstein | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 516.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,933.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 249.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3,365.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,749.5% | volatile |
| 107 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 188.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 639.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Naoero | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 164.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 120 | United States of America | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 276.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 260.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,650.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 127 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 410.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 487.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 135 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 152.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 139 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 736.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 343.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 152.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 149.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Monaco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 155 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Hong Kong, China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Viet Nam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 168 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Curaçao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Macau, China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 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.
- Low income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- European Union 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Euro area 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Least developed countries 0 units per US$ of GDP
- World 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Pre-demographic dividend 0 units per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Africa Western and Central 0 units per US$ of GDP
- IDA total 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- IDA blend 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Arab World 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Other small states 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Early-demographic dividend 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Small states 0 units per US$ of GDP
- IDA & IBRD total 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia 0 units per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0 units per US$ of GDP
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- IBRD only 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- OECD members 0 units per US$ of GDP
- High income 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Post-demographic dividend 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Late-demographic dividend 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 units per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0 units per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.