Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Senegal

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Senegal in 2024 — 6.6 per 100k. Ranked 116 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 66%.

2024 6.6 per 100k +55.82% vs 2023
World rank 116of 178
Period maximum 25.8 per 100k2001
Period minimum 1.5 per 100k2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Senegal, 2000–202401020302000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.5 per 100k2001: 25.8 per 100k2002: 18.4 per 100k2003: 21.1 per 100k2004: 21.9 per 100k2005: 23.4 per 100k2006: 22.9 per 100k2007: 21.6 per 100k2008: 22.3 per 100k2009: 22.6 per 100k2010: 17.2 per 100k2011: 17.4 per 100k2012: 17.5 per 100k2013: 18 per 100k2014: 20.6 per 100k2015: 21.4 per 100k2016: 21.4 per 100k2017: 21.8 per 100k2018: 10.7 per 100k2019: 11 per 100k2020: 11.4 per 100k2021: 11.9 per 100k2022: 1.5 per 100k2023: 4.3 per 100k2024: 6.6 per 100k
Change over the period: −12.9 (−66.04%) Average annual rate: -4.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 6.6 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 — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 6.6 +2.4 +55.82%
2023 4.3 +2.8 +189.17%
2022 1.5 −10.4 −87.6%
2021 11.9 +0.5 +4.22%
2020 11.4 +0.4 +4.04%
2019 11 +0.3 +2.59%
2018 10.7 −11.1 −50.95%
2017 21.8 +0.4 +1.84%
2016 21.4 +0 +0.09%
2015 21.4 +0.8 +3.81%
2014 20.6 +2.5 +14%
2013 18 +0.5 +2.95%
2012 17.5 +0.1 +0.46%
2011 17.4 +0.2 +1.41%
2010 17.2 −5.4 −23.97%
2009 22.6 +0.3 +1.29%
2008 22.3 +0.8 +3.57%
2007 21.6 −1.3 −5.78%
2006 22.9 −0.5 −2.12%
2005 23.4 +1.5 +6.66%
2004 21.9 +0.9 +4.03%
2003 21.1 +2.7 +14.67%
2002 18.4 −7.5 −28.86%
2001 25.8 +6.3 +32.23%
2000 19.5

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.