Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Papua New Guinea

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 30.7 per 100k. Ranked 81 in the world out of 178.

2024 30.7 per 100k −3.17% vs 2023
World rank 81of 178
Period maximum 32.4 per 100k2022
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20240102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0 per 100k2002: 5.3 per 100k2003: 5 per 100k2004: 3.1 per 100k2005: 0.1 per 100k2006: 0 per 100k2007: 0.1 per 100k2008: 0.1 per 100k2009: 0.1 per 100k2010: 0 per 100k2011: 0 per 100k2012: 1.9 per 100k2013: 4.9 per 100k2014: 4.7 per 100k2015: 5.1 per 100k2016: 0.2 per 100k2017: 0 per 100k2018: 1.6 per 100k2019: 1.4 per 100k2020: 1.1 per 100k2021: 1.2 per 100k2022: 32.4 per 100k2023: 31.7 per 100k2024: 30.7 per 100k
Change over the period: +30.7

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 30.7 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Melanesia computed 26.5 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 43.3 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 30.7 −1 −3.17%
2023 31.7 −0.6 −1.94%
2022 32.4 +31.1 +2,493.12%
2021 1.2 +0.1 +13.46%
2020 1.1 −0.3 −19.9%
2019 1.4 −0.2 −14.53%
2018 1.6 +1.6
2017 0 −0.2 −100%
2016 0.2 −4.9 −96.52%
2015 5.1 +0.5 +9.73%
2014 4.7 −0.2 −4.04%
2013 4.9 +2.9 +152.07%
2012 1.9 +1.9
2011 0 +0
2010 0 −0.1 −100%
2009 0.1 −0 −3.02%
2008 0.1 −0.1 −51.53%
2007 0.1 +0.1
2006 0 −0.1 −100%
2005 0.1 −3.1 −97.57%
2004 3.1 −1.8 −36.86%
2003 5 −0.3 −5.44%
2002 5.3 +5.3
2001 0 +0
2000 0

Melanesia, 2024

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

PG Papua New Guinea 30.7 FJ Fiji 1.1 SB Solomon Islands 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.