Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Nigeria

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Nigeria in 2024 — 13.2 per 100k. Ranked 103 in the world out of 178.

2024 13.2 per 100k −11.88% vs 2023
World rank 103of 178
Period maximum 15 per 100k2023
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Nigeria, 2000–20240510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0.1 per 100k2002: 0 per 100k2003: 0.8 per 100k2004: 0.8 per 100k2005: 0.3 per 100k2006: 0.4 per 100k2007: 0.5 per 100k2008: 0.8 per 100k2009: 0.7 per 100k2010: 1.1 per 100k2011: 0.9 per 100k2012: 0.6 per 100k2013: 0.4 per 100k2014: 0.5 per 100k2015: 0.2 per 100k2016: 0.2 per 100k2017: 4.3 per 100k2018: 0.5 per 100k2019: 0.5 per 100k2020: 1.3 per 100k2021: 0.8 per 100k2022: 0.7 per 100k2023: 15 per 100k2024: 13.2 per 100k
Change over the period: +13.2

Comparison, 2024

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

Nigeria 13.2 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 — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 13.2 −1.8 −11.88%
2023 15 +14.3 +1,961.64%
2022 0.7 −0 −4.14%
2021 0.8 −0.5 −41.74%
2020 1.3 +0.8 +164.37%
2019 0.5 +0 +7.4%
2018 0.5 −3.9 −89.38%
2017 4.3 +4.1 +1,719.44%
2016 0.2 +0 +17.58%
2015 0.2 −0.3 −55.74%
2014 0.5 +0 +1.71%
2013 0.4 −0.1 −23.87%
2012 0.6 −0.3 −33.84%
2011 0.9 −0.2 −17.98%
2010 1.1 +0.4 +53.91%
2009 0.7 −0.1 −8.59%
2008 0.8 +0.3 +69.67%
2007 0.5 +0 +1.64%
2006 0.4 +0.2 +59.42%
2005 0.3 −0.5 −63.24%
2004 0.8 −0.1 −6.47%
2003 0.8 +0.8 +4,258.19%
2002 0 −0.1 −82.25%
2001 0.1 +0.1
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.