Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Burkina Faso

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 6.3 per 100k. Ranked 117 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 144.7%.

2024 6.3 per 100k +27.39% vs 2023
World rank 117of 178
Period maximum 42.8 per 100k2021
Period minimum 0.1 per 100k2019

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Burkina Faso, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.6 per 100k2001: 2 per 100k2002: 2.9 per 100k2003: 3.8 per 100k2004: 3.8 per 100k2005: 5.6 per 100k2006: 5.3 per 100k2007: 4.1 per 100k2008: 4 per 100k2009: 3.3 per 100k2010: 3.3 per 100k2011: 4 per 100k2012: 4 per 100k2013: 4.4 per 100k2014: 1.1 per 100k2015: 0.8 per 100k2016: 0.7 per 100k2017: 0.2 per 100k2018: 0.2 per 100k2019: 0.1 per 100k2020: 0.1 per 100k2021: 42.8 per 100k2022: 2.4 per 100k2023: 5 per 100k2024: 6.3 per 100k
Change over the period: +3.7 (+144.69%) Average annual rate: 3.8 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 6.3 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Western Africa computed 39.3 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 43.1 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 6.3 +1.4 +27.39%
2023 5 +2.5 +103.32%
2022 2.4 −40.3 −94.28%
2021 42.8 +42.7 +30,539.79%
2020 0.1 +0 +0.96%
2019 0.1 −0.1 −29.31%
2018 0.2 −0 −9.45%
2017 0.2 −0.4 −66.83%
2016 0.7 −0.1 −13.21%
2015 0.8 −0.4 −31.9%
2014 1.1 −3.3 −75.18%
2013 4.4 +0.5 +11.52%
2012 4 −0 −0.5%
2011 4 +0.7 +21.95%
2010 3.3 +0 +0.72%
2009 3.3 −0.7 −18.21%
2008 4 −0.1 −1.76%
2007 4.1 −1.2 −23.28%
2006 5.3 −0.3 −4.83%
2005 5.6 +1.7 +45.64%
2004 3.8 +0.1 +1.64%
2003 3.8 +0.8 +28.28%
2002 2.9 +0.9 +43.88%
2001 2 −0.6 −21.52%
2000 2.6

About the indicator

The number of asylum seekers — people who have filed an application for protection and are awaiting a decision — per 100,000 people of the population of a country. They differ from refugees legally: the status has not yet been recognized. The indicator is sensitive to current events and reacts faster than the number of refugees: applications are filed at once, while decisions on them take months and years.

Important: The indicator depends not only on the number of arrivals but also on the speed at which migration services work: the longer applications are reviewed, the more people hold this status at the same time.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.