Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Eastern Africa

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 95.1 per 100k. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 451.4%.

2024 95.1 per 100k +16.2% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.1 per 100k2024
Period minimum 12.7 per 100k2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Eastern Africa, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 17.3 per 100k2001: 19.8 per 100k2002: 12.7 per 100k2003: 15.4 per 100k2004: 13.2 per 100k2005: 20.1 per 100k2006: 17.8 per 100k2007: 15.1 per 100k2008: 16 per 100k2009: 25.1 per 100k2010: 33.6 per 100k2011: 28.7 per 100k2012: 30.5 per 100k2013: 32.9 per 100k2014: 31.8 per 100k2015: 32.9 per 100k2016: 39.9 per 100k2017: 56.9 per 100k2018: 49.6 per 100k2019: 48.9 per 100k2020: 47.4 per 100k2021: 52.1 per 100k2022: 48.3 per 100k2023: 81.9 per 100k2024: 95.1 per 100k
Change over the period: +77.9 (+451.36%) Average annual rate: 7.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 95.1 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 95.1 +13.3 +16.2%
2023 81.9 +33.6 +69.6%
2022 48.3 −3.9 −7.42%
2021 52.1 +4.7 +9.97%
2020 47.4 −1.5 −3.06%
2019 48.9 −0.6 −1.31%
2018 49.6 −7.3 −12.9%
2017 56.9 +17 +42.6%
2016 39.9 +7 +21.4%
2015 32.9 +1 +3.28%
2014 31.8 −1.1 −3.2%
2013 32.9 +2.3 +7.65%
2012 30.5 +1.8 +6.37%
2011 28.7 −4.9 −14.61%
2010 33.6 +8.6 +34.19%
2009 25.1 +9.1 +56.71%
2008 16 +0.9 +6.06%
2007 15.1 −2.7 −15.4%
2006 17.8 −2.3 −11.51%
2005 20.1 +7 +52.87%
2004 13.2 −2.3 −14.72%
2003 15.4 +2.8 +21.8%
2002 12.7 −7.1 −35.92%
2001 19.8 +2.5 +14.7%
2000 17.3

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.