Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Mauritania

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Mauritania in 2024 — 137 per 100k. Ranked 41 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8,635.1%.

2024 137 per 100k +16.12% vs 2023
World rank 41of 178
Period maximum 137 per 100k2024
Period minimum 0.5 per 100k2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Mauritania, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.6 per 100k2001: 1 per 100k2002: 0.5 per 100k2003: 1.8 per 100k2004: 3.8 per 100k2005: 3.1 per 100k2006: 3.1 per 100k2007: 0.6 per 100k2008: 1.7 per 100k2009: 3.4 per 100k2010: 7 per 100k2011: 7.7 per 100k2012: 22 per 100k2013: 22.5 per 100k2014: 10.8 per 100k2015: 12.4 per 100k2016: 14 per 100k2017: 17.7 per 100k2018: 26 per 100k2019: 34.5 per 100k2020: 42.6 per 100k2021: 71.2 per 100k2022: 110.5 per 100k2023: 118 per 100k2024: 137 per 100k
Change over the period: +135.5 (+8,635.11%) Average annual rate: 20.47 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 137 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 67.8 per 100k
Western Africa computed 39.3 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.3 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 137 +19 +16.12%
2023 118 +7.5 +6.77%
2022 110.5 +39.4 +55.34%
2021 71.2 +28.5 +67%
2020 42.6 +8.1 +23.61%
2019 34.5 +8.5 +32.79%
2018 26 +8.2 +46.52%
2017 17.7 +3.7 +26.36%
2016 14 +1.6 +13.02%
2015 12.4 +1.6 +14.49%
2014 10.8 −11.6 −51.77%
2013 22.5 +0.5 +2.15%
2012 22 +14.3 +186.41%
2011 7.7 +0.7 +9.88%
2010 7 +3.6 +104.96%
2009 3.4 +1.7 +104.81%
2008 1.7 +1.1 +186.1%
2007 0.6 −2.5 −80.94%
2006 3.1 −0.1 −2.48%
2005 3.1 −0.7 −18.37%
2004 3.8 +2.1 +114.89%
2003 1.8 +1.2 +225.79%
2002 0.5 −0.5 −45.66%
2001 1 −0.6 −35.75%
2000 1.6

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.