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Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Sub-Saharan Africa

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 67.8 per 100k. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 477.9%.

2024 67.8 per 100k +13.38% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 126.6 per 100k2015
Period minimum 11.7 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 11.7 per 100k2001: 13.1 per 100k2002: 20.8 per 100k2003: 22.6 per 100k2004: 27.1 per 100k2005: 31.9 per 100k2006: 29.1 per 100k2007: 31.9 per 100k2008: 37.6 per 100k2009: 50.3 per 100k2010: 36.3 per 100k2011: 40 per 100k2012: 41.8 per 100k2013: 43.3 per 100k2014: 66 per 100k2015: 126.6 per 100k2016: 42.9 per 100k2017: 47.2 per 100k2018: 43.8 per 100k2019: 46.7 per 100k2020: 42.2 per 100k2021: 45.6 per 100k2022: 39 per 100k2023: 59.8 per 100k2024: 67.8 per 100k
Change over the period: +56.1 (+477.91%) Average annual rate: 7.58 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 67.8 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 67.8 +8 +13.38%
2023 59.8 +20.8 +53.2%
2022 39 −6.6 −14.41%
2021 45.6 +3.4 +8.14%
2020 42.2 −4.5 −9.71%
2019 46.7 +2.9 +6.61%
2018 43.8 −3.4 −7.24%
2017 47.2 +4.3 +10.1%
2016 42.9 −83.7 −66.11%
2015 126.6 +60.5 +91.62%
2014 66 +22.8 +52.62%
2013 43.3 +1.5 +3.51%
2012 41.8 +1.8 +4.43%
2011 40 +3.7 +10.25%
2010 36.3 −14 −27.79%
2009 50.3 +12.6 +33.59%
2008 37.6 +5.7 +17.88%
2007 31.9 +2.9 +9.9%
2006 29.1 −2.9 −9.02%
2005 31.9 +4.8 +17.68%
2004 27.1 +4.5 +19.96%
2003 22.6 +1.8 +8.77%
2002 20.8 +7.7 +58.48%
2001 13.1 +1.4 +11.9%
2000 11.7 — —

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.

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