Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latvia

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Latvia in 2024 — 14.1 per 100k. Ranked 101 in the world out of 178.

2024 14.1 per 100k −52.09% vs 2023
World rank 101of 178
Period maximum 29.3 per 100k2023
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latvia, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0 per 100k2002: 0.3 per 100k2003: 0 per 100k2004: 0 per 100k2005: 0.3 per 100k2006: 0 per 100k2007: 0.5 per 100k2008: 1.5 per 100k2009: 2.5 per 100k2010: 2 per 100k2011: 10.5 per 100k2012: 8.4 per 100k2013: 9.1 per 100k2014: 11.8 per 100k2015: 9.2 per 100k2016: 7.7 per 100k2017: 2.8 per 100k2018: 2.3 per 100k2019: 2.1 per 100k2020: 3.8 per 100k2021: 11.1 per 100k2022: 13.2 per 100k2023: 29.3 per 100k2024: 14.1 per 100k
Change over the period: +14.1

Comparison, 2024

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

Latvia 14.1 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia computed 161 per 100k
Northern Europe computed 163.2 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 14.1 −15.3 −52.09%
2023 29.3 +16.1 +121.53%
2022 13.2 +2.2 +19.43%
2021 11.1 +7.2 +188.66%
2020 3.8 +1.7 +79.28%
2019 2.1 −0.2 −8.25%
2018 2.3 −0.4 −16.02%
2017 2.8 −4.9 −63.92%
2016 7.7 −1.5 −16.27%
2015 9.2 −2.6 −21.92%
2014 11.8 +2.7 +29.63%
2013 9.1 +0.7 +8.17%
2012 8.4 −2.1 −19.85%
2011 10.5 +8.4 +411.57%
2010 2 −0.5 −18.69%
2009 2.5 +1 +66.36%
2008 1.5 +1 +203.18%
2007 0.5 +0.5
2006 0 −0.3 −100%
2005 0.3 +0.3
2004 0 +0
2003 0 −0.3 −100%
2002 0.3 +0.3
2001 0 +0
2000 0

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.