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Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kenya

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Kenya in 2024 — 389.2 per 100k. Ranked 19 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1,269.6%.

2024 389.2 per 100k +40.83% vs 2023
World rank 19of 178
Period maximum 389.2 per 100k2024
Period minimum 7.4 per 100k2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kenya, 2000–202401002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 28.4 per 100k2001: 39.8 per 100k2002: 7.4 per 100k2003: 11.9 per 100k2004: 27.3 per 100k2005: 45.9 per 100k2006: 50.2 per 100k2007: 15.1 per 100k2008: 22.3 per 100k2009: 46.9 per 100k2010: 67.2 per 100k2011: 82.5 per 100k2012: 95.6 per 100k2013: 116.2 per 100k2014: 73.8 per 100k2015: 84.8 per 100k2016: 90.9 per 100k2017: 114.8 per 100k2018: 100.5 per 100k2019: 99.3 per 100k2020: 99.4 per 100k2021: 110.9 per 100k2022: 127.2 per 100k2023: 276.4 per 100k2024: 389.2 per 100k
Change over the period: +360.8 (+1,269.63%) Average annual rate: 11.52 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 389.2 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Eastern Africa computed 95.1 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.3 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 389.2 +112.8 +40.83%
2023 276.4 +149.2 +117.27%
2022 127.2 +16.3 +14.74%
2021 110.9 +11.4 +11.51%
2020 99.4 +0.2 +0.15%
2019 99.3 −1.2 −1.22%
2018 100.5 −14.3 −12.49%
2017 114.8 +24 +26.37%
2016 90.9 +6 +7.11%
2015 84.8 +11 +14.94%
2014 73.8 −42.4 −36.47%
2013 116.2 +20.6 +21.59%
2012 95.6 +13.1 +15.86%
2011 82.5 +15.3 +22.73%
2010 67.2 +20.3 +43.23%
2009 46.9 +24.6 +109.96%
2008 22.3 +7.2 +47.53%
2007 15.1 −35 −69.79%
2006 50.2 +4.2 +9.16%
2005 45.9 +18.7 +68.43%
2004 27.3 +15.3 +128.63%
2003 11.9 +4.5 +61%
2002 7.4 −32.4 −81.4%
2001 39.8 +11.4 +40.18%
2000 28.4 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

DJ Djibouti 740 KE Kenya 389.2 SO Somalia 117.1 RW Rwanda 99.6 MW Malawi 97.7 ZW Zimbabwe 79.3 UG Uganda 74.2 TZ Tanzania 60.2 MZ Mozambique 54.5 ET Ethiopia 47.7 ZM Zambia 45.2 SS South Sudan 22.4 BI Burundi 14.9 MU Mauritius 5.7 MG Madagascar 3.7 KM Comoros 1.5 ER Eritrea 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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