Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, per capita by country
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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
199
Highest
0.1958 units per person
South Sudan
Lowest
0 units per person
British Virgin Islands
Median
0.0002 units per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
10,098
What the numbers show
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, per capita is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 0.1958 units per person in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 units per person in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 units per person, and the mean is 0.0065 units per person.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 12,658.9%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (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 | South Sudan | 0.1958 units per person | 2025 | up 179.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1899 units per person | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Eritrea | 0.1538 units per person | 2025 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0.134 units per person | 2025 | up 1,809.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 0.1223 units per person | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 0.0609 units per person | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Sudan | 0.0546 units per person | 2025 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Somalia | 0.0454 units per person | 2025 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Myanmar | 0.0278 units per person | 2025 | up 214.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Burundi | 0.0221 units per person | 2025 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 0.0206 units per person | 2025 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Rwanda | 0.0168 units per person | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Haiti | 0.0152 units per person | 2025 | up 359.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0146 units per person | 2025 | up 5,897.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 0.0146 units per person | 2025 | up 12,658.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | 0.0128 units per person | 2025 | up 1,170.7% | volatile |
| 17 | El Salvador | 0.0107 units per person | 2025 | up 348.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0104 units per person | 2025 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Albania | 0.0091 units per person | 2025 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Bhutan | 0.0091 units per person | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Palestine, State of | 0.0089 units per person | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Honduras | 0.0086 units per person | 2025 | up 1,057.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritania | 0.0083 units per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0079 units per person | 2025 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0.0068 units per person | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 0.0058 units per person | 2025 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Armenia | 0.005 units per person | 2025 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 0.005 units per person | 2025 | up 2,011.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Cameroon | 0.0047 units per person | 2025 | up 912.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Serbia | 0.0045 units per person | 2025 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Croatia | 0.0044 units per person | 2025 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Georgia | 0.0044 units per person | 2025 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Bahamas | 0.004 units per person | 2025 | up 607.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 0.0032 units per person | 2025 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Niger | 0.0031 units per person | 2025 | up 4,320.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Cuba | 0.0027 units per person | 2025 | up 343.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | 0.0026 units per person | 2025 | up 249.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0025 units per person | 2025 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 0.0024 units per person | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Libya | 0.0023 units per person | 2025 | up 147.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Belarus | 0.0021 units per person | 2025 | up 392.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Barbados | 0.002 units per person | 2025 | up 499.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Congo | 0.002 units per person | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Nigeria | 0.002 units per person | 2025 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0019 units per person | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Djibouti | 0.0019 units per person | 2025 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.0019 units per person | 2025 | up 190.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Türkiye | 0.0017 units per person | 2025 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0017 units per person | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 0.0016 units per person | 2025 | up 143.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Colombia | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominica | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | up 196.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Yemen | 0.0014 units per person | 2025 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 0.0012 units per person | 2025 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Montenegro | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 0.0011 units per person | 2025 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Grenada | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Jamaica | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Liberia | 0.0009 units per person | 2025 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Chad | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Kuwait | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 146.8% | rising |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Senegal | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 0.0007 units per person | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Tonga | 0.0006 units per person | 2025 | up 202.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Jordan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Naoero | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | — | falling |
| 80 | Guyana | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 322.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Gabon | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | up 345.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Fiji | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Pakistan | 0.0004 units per person | 2025 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Angola | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 234.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 405.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 91 | Nepal | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 432.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Chile | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 778.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0003 units per person | 2025 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Uganda | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 241.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Kenya | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Peru | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 184.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Algeria | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 123.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Bangladesh | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Eswatini | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Bahrain | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Romania | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | up 88.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Botswana | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Monaco | 0.0001 units per person | 2019 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 114 | Israel | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Maldives | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovakia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 117 | China | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 194.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Latvia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Bermuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Suriname | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 167.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 123 | Benin | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 424.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Samoa | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Czechia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Malaysia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 394.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 178.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Andorra | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Curaçao | 0.0001 units per person | 2025 | down 76.9% | falling |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Kiribati | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Hong Kong, China | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 621.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Indonesia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Brazil | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 569.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 147 | India | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 291.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Cape Verde | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Malawi | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 174.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Oman | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 181.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Paraguay | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Macau, China | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 156 | South Africa | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 158.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 158 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Zambia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 1,083.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 557.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Argentina | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 176.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Lesotho | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 165 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 213.8% | volatile |
| 166 | United States of America | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 273.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 322.7% | volatile |
| 175 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 278.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Philippines | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 294.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 191.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Mozambique | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 187 | France | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Korea | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2025 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 193 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 0 units per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 0.0232 units per person
- World 0.0034 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0223 units per person
- European Union 0.0001 units per person
- Arab World 0.0181 units per person
- Euro area 0.0001 units per person
- IDA only 0.0154 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0125 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0122 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.012 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0116 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0109 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0109 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0109 units per person
- IDA total 0.0105 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.01 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0084 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0084 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0084 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0062 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0047 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.0046 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0041 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.004 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0023 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0022 units per person
- Middle income 0.0017 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0016 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0015 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0015 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0014 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0012 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0011 units per person
- Other small states 0.001 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0009 units per person
- Small states 0.0009 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0008 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0008 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0007 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0003 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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 origin ÷ 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 origin divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.