Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Melanesia

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Melanesia in 2024 — 26.5 per 100k. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 21,896.6%.

2024 26.5 per 100k −0.39% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 27.9 per 100k2022
Period minimum 0.1 per 100k2010

Trend over time

2008–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Melanesia, 2008–202401020302008201020122014201620182020202220242008: 0.1 per 100k2009: 0.1 per 100k2010: 0.1 per 100k2012: 1.8 per 100k2013: 4.2 per 100k2014: 4.1 per 100k2015: 4.4 per 100k2018: 1.6 per 100k2021: 1.1 per 100k2022: 27.9 per 100k2023: 26.6 per 100k2024: 26.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +26.3 (+21,896.62%) Average annual rate: 40.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 26.5 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 26.5 −0.1 −0.39%
2023 26.6 −1.3 −4.64%
2022 27.9 +26.8 +2,471%
2021 1.1
2018 1.6
2015 4.4 +0.3 +8.38%
2014 4.1 −0.2 −4.07%
2013 4.2 +2.5 +141.46%
2012 1.8
2010 0.1 −0.1 −51.34%
2009 0.1 −0 −2.73%
2008 0.1

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.