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Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Ghana

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Ghana in 2024 — 28.6 per 100k. Ranked 85 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1,177.5%.

2024 28.6 per 100k +129.79% vs 2023
World rank 85of 178
Period maximum 48.4 per 100k2011
Period minimum 1.9 per 100k2007

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Ghana, 2000–202402040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.2 per 100k2001: 11.8 per 100k2002: 42.2 per 100k2003: 19.2 per 100k2004: 27.5 per 100k2005: 24.5 per 100k2006: 24.3 per 100k2007: 1.9 per 100k2008: 2 per 100k2009: 2.4 per 100k2010: 2.9 per 100k2011: 48.4 per 100k2012: 9.7 per 100k2013: 6.7 per 100k2014: 9.4 per 100k2015: 6.4 per 100k2016: 4.6 per 100k2017: 4.3 per 100k2018: 4.3 per 100k2019: 4.8 per 100k2020: 4.7 per 100k2021: 5.8 per 100k2022: 7.6 per 100k2023: 12.5 per 100k2024: 28.6 per 100k
Change over the period: +26.4 (+1,177.55%) Average annual rate: 11.2 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 28.6 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Western Africa computed 39.3 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.3 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 28.6 +16.2 +129.79%
2023 12.5 +4.9 +64.06%
2022 7.6 +1.8 +31.41%
2021 5.8 +1 +21.94%
2020 4.7 −0.1 −1.84%
2019 4.8 +0.5 +12.73%
2018 4.3 −0.1 −1.38%
2017 4.3 −0.3 −6.61%
2016 4.6 −1.8 −27.88%
2015 6.4 −2.9 −31.37%
2014 9.4 +2.7 +39.96%
2013 6.7 −3 −31.07%
2012 9.7 −38.7 −79.89%
2011 48.4 +45.5 +1,549.29%
2010 2.9 +0.5 +22.69%
2009 2.4 +0.4 +17.24%
2008 2 +0.2 +7.96%
2007 1.9 −22.4 −92.21%
2006 24.3 −0.2 −0.97%
2005 24.5 −3 −10.88%
2004 27.5 +8.3 +43.46%
2003 19.2 −23.1 −54.63%
2002 42.2 +30.4 +256.65%
2001 11.8 +9.6 +428.69%
2000 2.2 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CI Côte d'Ivoire 209.2 NE Niger 192.2 MR Mauritania 137 BJ Benin 48.4 GH Ghana 28.6 GM Gambia 16.2 TG Togo 15 NG Nigeria 13.2 LR Liberia 12.2 SN Senegal 6.6 BF Burkina Faso 6.3 GW Guinea-Bissau 1.4 ML Mali 1.2 GN Guinea 1.2 CV Cabo Verde 0 SL Sierra Leone 0
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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.

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