Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latin America & Caribbean

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 188.7 per 100k. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1,443.7%.

2024 188.7 per 100k +6.58% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 204.6 per 100k2022
Period minimum 3.8 per 100k2013

Trend over time

2010–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latin America & Caribbean, 2010–20240100200300201020122014201620182020202220242010: 12.2 per 100k2011: 8.4 per 100k2013: 3.8 per 100k2015: 7.3 per 100k2016: 14.2 per 100k2017: 29.4 per 100k2018: 81.2 per 100k2019: 150 per 100k2020: 160.1 per 100k2021: 182.4 per 100k2022: 204.6 per 100k2023: 177 per 100k2024: 188.7 per 100k
Change over the period: +176.5 (+1,443.66%) Average annual rate: 21.59 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 188.7 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 188.7 +11.7 +6.58%
2023 177 −27.6 −13.48%
2022 204.6 +22.3 +12.2%
2021 182.4 +22.3 +13.94%
2020 160.1 +10 +6.68%
2019 150 +68.9 +84.85%
2018 81.2 +51.8 +176.3%
2017 29.4 +15.2 +107.51%
2016 14.2 +6.9 +94.32%
2015 7.3
2013 3.8
2011 8.4 −3.8 −31.25%
2010 12.2

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.