Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Lesotho

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Lesotho in 2024 — 8.2 per 100k. Ranked 112 in the world out of 178.

2024 8.2 per 100k −47.97% vs 2023
World rank 112of 178
Period maximum 15.7 per 100k2023
Period minimum 0 per 100k2001

Trend over time

2001–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Lesotho, 2001–2024051015202001200420072010201320162019202220242001: 0 per 100k2011: 0 per 100k2012: 0 per 100k2013: 0 per 100k2014: 0 per 100k2015: 0 per 100k2016: 0.2 per 100k2017: 1.3 per 100k2018: 1.6 per 100k2019: 3.5 per 100k2020: 8 per 100k2021: 10 per 100k2022: 12.6 per 100k2023: 15.7 per 100k2024: 8.2 per 100k
Change over the period: +8.2

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 8.2 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Southern Africa computed 143.6 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.3 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 8.2 −7.5 −47.97%
2023 15.7 +3.1 +24.66%
2022 12.6 +2.6 +26.06%
2021 10 +2 +24.82%
2020 8 +4.5 +126.79%
2019 3.5 +1.9 +114.14%
2018 1.6 +0.4 +27.01%
2017 1.3 +1.1 +453.07%
2016 0.2 +0.2
2015 0 +0
2014 0 +0
2013 0 +0
2012 0 +0
2011 0
2001 0

Southern Africa, 2024

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

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.