Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Iraq

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Iraq in 2024 — 36.7 per 100k. Ranked 76 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 847.7%.

2024 36.7 per 100k +31.31% vs 2023
World rank 76of 178
Period maximum 36.7 per 100k2024
Period minimum 1.6 per 100k2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Iraq, 2000–20240102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 3.9 per 100k2001: 1.6 per 100k2002: 1.7 per 100k2003: 1.6 per 100k2004: 4.9 per 100k2005: 6.9 per 100k2006: 7.6 per 100k2007: 8.5 per 100k2008: 7.1 per 100k2009: 12.6 per 100k2010: 9.9 per 100k2011: 13 per 100k2012: 14.6 per 100k2013: 17 per 100k2014: 23.2 per 100k2015: 19.7 per 100k2016: 29.9 per 100k2017: 33.1 per 100k2018: 34.8 per 100k2019: 31.4 per 100k2020: 30.1 per 100k2021: 26.7 per 100k2022: 24.1 per 100k2023: 27.9 per 100k2024: 36.7 per 100k
Change over the period: +32.8 (+847.67%) Average annual rate: 9.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 36.7 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Middle East & North Africa computed 167 per 100k
Western Asia computed 96.9 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 123.6 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 36.7 +8.7 +31.31%
2023 27.9 +3.8 +15.86%
2022 24.1 −2.6 −9.8%
2021 26.7 −3.4 −11.18%
2020 30.1 −1.3 −4.22%
2019 31.4 −3.4 −9.75%
2018 34.8 +1.7 +5.02%
2017 33.1 +3.3 +10.96%
2016 29.9 +10.1 +51.29%
2015 19.7 −3.4 −14.8%
2014 23.2 +6.2 +36.44%
2013 17 +2.4 +16.44%
2012 14.6 +1.5 +11.8%
2011 13 +3.1 +31.82%
2010 9.9 −2.7 −21.6%
2009 12.6 +5.5 +77.6%
2008 7.1 −1.4 −16.38%
2007 8.5 +0.9 +11.56%
2006 7.6 +0.8 +11.09%
2005 6.9 +2 +39.77%
2004 4.9 +3.3 +200.91%
2003 1.6 −0 −2.97%
2002 1.7 +0.1 +7.46%
2001 1.6 −2.3 −59.59%
2000 3.9

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.