Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Central America

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Central America in 2024 — 282.5 per 100k. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30,714.1%.

2024 282.5 per 100k +10.55% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 282.5 per 100k2024
Period minimum 0.2 per 100k2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Central America, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.9 per 100k2001: 2 per 100k2002: 0.2 per 100k2003: 0.2 per 100k2004: 0.5 per 100k2005: 0.6 per 100k2006: 0.5 per 100k2007: 0.7 per 100k2008: 0.7 per 100k2009: 1 per 100k2010: 0.7 per 100k2011: 1.2 per 100k2012: 0.9 per 100k2013: 1.6 per 100k2014: 3.8 per 100k2015: 5.1 per 100k2016: 8 per 100k2017: 16.7 per 100k2018: 42.6 per 100k2019: 101.2 per 100k2020: 107.3 per 100k2021: 182.4 per 100k2022: 257.2 per 100k2023: 255.5 per 100k2024: 282.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +281.5 (+30,714.11%) Average annual rate: 26.97 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 282.5 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 282.5 +27 +10.55%
2023 255.5 −1.7 −0.66%
2022 257.2 +74.8 +41.03%
2021 182.4 +75 +69.92%
2020 107.3 +6.1 +6.01%
2019 101.2 +58.7 +137.82%
2018 42.6 +25.9 +154.84%
2017 16.7 +8.7 +109.87%
2016 8 +2.9 +56.96%
2015 5.1 +1.3 +33.65%
2014 3.8 +2.2 +131.5%
2013 1.6 +0.8 +85.65%
2012 0.9 −0.3 −26.83%
2011 1.2 +0.5 +77.49%
2010 0.7 −0.3 −30.86%
2009 1 +0.3 +40.23%
2008 0.7 −0 −5.41%
2007 0.7 +0.3 +55.06%
2006 0.5 −0.1 −18.41%
2005 0.6 +0.1 +22.93%
2004 0.5 +0.3 +154.38%
2003 0.2 +0 +17.6%
2002 0.2 −1.8 −91.92%
2001 2 +1.1 +115.07%
2000 0.9

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.