Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Malawi

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Malawi in 2024 — 97.7 per 100k. Ranked 48 in the world out of 178.

2024 97.7 per 100k +16.48% vs 2023
World rank 48of 178
Period maximum 169.6 per 100k2020
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Malawi, 2000–20240501001502002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0 per 100k2002: 93.1 per 100k2003: 72.6 per 100k2004: 26.7 per 100k2005: 41.5 per 100k2006: 39.7 per 100k2007: 49.9 per 100k2008: 46.8 per 100k2009: 32 per 100k2010: 63.1 per 100k2011: 69.1 per 100k2012: 64.4 per 100k2013: 68.9 per 100k2014: 87.2 per 100k2015: 84.7 per 100k2016: 119.7 per 100k2017: 144.1 per 100k2018: 124.9 per 100k2019: 159.2 per 100k2020: 169.6 per 100k2021: 154.2 per 100k2022: 103.4 per 100k2023: 83.8 per 100k2024: 97.7 per 100k
Change over the period: +97.7

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 97.7 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Eastern Africa computed 95.1 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 43.1 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 97.7 +13.8 +16.48%
2023 83.8 −19.5 −18.89%
2022 103.4 −50.8 −32.94%
2021 154.2 −15.4 −9.11%
2020 169.6 +10.4 +6.52%
2019 159.2 +34.4 +27.52%
2018 124.9 −19.2 −13.32%
2017 144.1 +24.3 +20.32%
2016 119.7 +35.1 +41.4%
2015 84.7 −2.5 −2.89%
2014 87.2 +18.3 +26.55%
2013 68.9 +4.5 +7.07%
2012 64.4 −4.7 −6.81%
2011 69.1 +6 +9.44%
2010 63.1 +31.1 +97.48%
2009 32 −14.8 −31.69%
2008 46.8 −3.1 −6.27%
2007 49.9 +10.2 +25.62%
2006 39.7 −1.7 −4.2%
2005 41.5 +14.8 +55.59%
2004 26.7 −46 −63.29%
2003 72.6 −20.5 −22.03%
2002 93.1 +93.1
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.