Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kuwait

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Kuwait in 2024 — 15.9 per 100k. Ranked 98 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 453.9%.

2024 15.9 per 100k −12.65% vs 2023
World rank 98of 178
Period maximum 111.2 per 100k2010
Period minimum 2.9 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kuwait, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.9 per 100k2001: 4.1 per 100k2002: 9.1 per 100k2003: 9.1 per 100k2004: 7.4 per 100k2005: 9.3 per 100k2006: 22.3 per 100k2007: 28 per 100k2008: 99.9 per 100k2009: 106.7 per 100k2010: 111.2 per 100k2011: 35.6 per 100k2012: 24.9 per 100k2013: 29.3 per 100k2014: 28.3 per 100k2015: 23.5 per 100k2016: 20.6 per 100k2017: 22.8 per 100k2018: 22.7 per 100k2019: 24.3 per 100k2020: 24 per 100k2021: 24.9 per 100k2022: 20.9 per 100k2023: 18.2 per 100k2024: 15.9 per 100k
Change over the period: +13 (+453.88%) Average annual rate: 7.39 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 15.9 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Middle East & North Africa computed 167 per 100k
Western Asia computed 96.9 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 15.9 −2.3 −12.65%
2023 18.2 −2.8 −13.15%
2022 20.9 −4 −15.93%
2021 24.9 +0.9 +3.87%
2020 24 −0.3 −1.38%
2019 24.3 +1.6 +6.83%
2018 22.7 −0.1 −0.35%
2017 22.8 +2.3 +11.01%
2016 20.6 −3 −12.72%
2015 23.5 −4.8 −16.91%
2014 28.3 −1 −3.38%
2013 29.3 +4.4 +17.8%
2012 24.9 −10.7 −29.97%
2011 35.6 −75.6 −68.01%
2010 111.2 +4.4 +4.14%
2009 106.7 +6.9 +6.88%
2008 99.9 +71.8 +256.28%
2007 28 +5.7 +25.78%
2006 22.3 +12.9 +138.51%
2005 9.3 +1.9 +25.98%
2004 7.4 −1.7 −18.5%
2003 9.1 +0 +0.25%
2002 9.1 +5 +122.31%
2001 4.1 +1.2 +42.53%
2000 2.9

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.