Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Northern Europe

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Northern Europe in 2024 — 163.2 per 100k. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 29.4%.

2024 163.2 per 100k −7.58% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 254.4 per 100k2015
Period minimum 32.4 per 100k2005

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Northern Europe, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 126.1 per 100k2001: 77.1 per 100k2002: 91 per 100k2003: 72.1 per 100k2004: 44.2 per 100k2005: 32.4 per 100k2006: 44.1 per 100k2007: 52.1 per 100k2008: 60.3 per 100k2009: 56.4 per 100k2010: 56.9 per 100k2011: 55.5 per 100k2012: 59.8 per 100k2013: 67.4 per 100k2014: 109.4 per 100k2015: 254.4 per 100k2016: 146.6 per 100k2017: 104.6 per 100k2018: 94.8 per 100k2019: 104.3 per 100k2020: 106.1 per 100k2021: 123.6 per 100k2022: 197.1 per 100k2023: 176.6 per 100k2024: 163.2 per 100k
Change over the period: +37.1 (+29.4%) Average annual rate: 1.08 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 163.2 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 163.2 −13.4 −7.58%
2023 176.6 −20.5 −10.41%
2022 197.1 +73.5 +59.49%
2021 123.6 +17.5 +16.45%
2020 106.1 +1.8 +1.74%
2019 104.3 +9.5 +10.03%
2018 94.8 −9.8 −9.4%
2017 104.6 −41.9 −28.6%
2016 146.6 −107.8 −42.39%
2015 254.4 +145 +132.52%
2014 109.4 +42 +62.39%
2013 67.4 +7.6 +12.67%
2012 59.8 +4.3 +7.83%
2011 55.5 −1.4 −2.5%
2010 56.9 +0.5 +0.85%
2009 56.4 −3.9 −6.5%
2008 60.3 +8.2 +15.75%
2007 52.1 +8 +18.07%
2006 44.1 +11.8 +36.31%
2005 32.4 −11.8 −26.68%
2004 44.2 −27.9 −38.72%
2003 72.1 −19 −20.83%
2002 91 +13.9 +18.02%
2001 77.1 −49 −38.85%
2000 126.1

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.