Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Saudi Arabia

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 11.5 per 100k. Ranked 106 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 975.8%.

2024 11.5 per 100k −3% vs 2023
World rank 106of 178
Period maximum 39.7 per 100k2021
Period minimum 0.1 per 100k2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Saudi Arabia, 2000–20240102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.1 per 100k2001: 1.4 per 100k2002: 0.7 per 100k2003: 0.5 per 100k2004: 0.9 per 100k2005: 1 per 100k2006: 1.3 per 100k2007: 1.3 per 100k2008: 0.8 per 100k2009: 0.4 per 100k2010: 0.3 per 100k2011: 0.3 per 100k2012: 0.4 per 100k2013: 0.3 per 100k2014: 0.3 per 100k2015: 0.1 per 100k2016: 0.2 per 100k2017: 0.3 per 100k2018: 7.1 per 100k2019: 7.6 per 100k2020: 30.4 per 100k2021: 39.7 per 100k2022: 12.2 per 100k2023: 11.9 per 100k2024: 11.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +10.4 (+975.75%) Average annual rate: 10.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 11.5 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Middle East & North Africa computed 167 per 100k
Western Asia computed 96.9 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 11.5 −0.4 −3%
2023 11.9 −0.4 −3.18%
2022 12.2 −27.5 −69.18%
2021 39.7 +9.3 +30.54%
2020 30.4 +22.8 +298.63%
2019 7.6 +0.5 +7%
2018 7.1 +6.9 +2,579%
2017 0.3 +0.1 +60.45%
2016 0.2 +0.1 +50.81%
2015 0.1 −0.2 −67.75%
2014 0.3 −0 −2.36%
2013 0.3 −0 −3.44%
2012 0.4 +0.1 +18.17%
2011 0.3 −0 −9.3%
2010 0.3 −0.1 −18.98%
2009 0.4 −0.4 −48.61%
2008 0.8 −0.5 −36.08%
2007 1.3 +0 +1.29%
2006 1.3 +0.2 +21.57%
2005 1 +0.2 +17.92%
2004 0.9 +0.4 +74.77%
2003 0.5 −0.2 −28.31%
2002 0.7 −0.7 −49.39%
2001 1.4 +0.3 +28.95%
2000 1.1

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.