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Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 123.6 per 100k. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7,636.8%.

2024 123.6 per 100k +2.14% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 137.8 per 100k2022
Period minimum 1.6 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.6 per 100k2001: 1.8 per 100k2002: 3.6 per 100k2003: 5.5 per 100k2004: 6.4 per 100k2005: 8.7 per 100k2006: 7.9 per 100k2007: 10.2 per 100k2008: 12.9 per 100k2009: 16.8 per 100k2010: 11.1 per 100k2011: 12.3 per 100k2012: 13.2 per 100k2013: 15.6 per 100k2014: 27.7 per 100k2015: 57.9 per 100k2016: 26.2 per 100k2017: 29.6 per 100k2018: 41.3 per 100k2019: 57.8 per 100k2020: 59.7 per 100k2021: 135 per 100k2022: 137.8 per 100k2023: 121 per 100k2024: 123.6 per 100k
Change over the period: +122 (+7,636.78%) Average annual rate: 19.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 123.6 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 123.6 +2.6 +2.14%
2023 121 −16.8 −12.2%
2022 137.8 +2.8 +2.06%
2021 135 +75.4 +126.33%
2020 59.7 +1.8 +3.17%
2019 57.8 +16.6 +40.15%
2018 41.3 +11.7 +39.45%
2017 29.6 +3.4 +13.1%
2016 26.2 −31.7 −54.81%
2015 57.9 +30.2 +108.85%
2014 27.7 +12.2 +78.18%
2013 15.6 +2.4 +18.23%
2012 13.2 +0.9 +7.22%
2011 12.3 +1.2 +10.54%
2010 11.1 −5.7 −33.99%
2009 16.8 +3.9 +30.37%
2008 12.9 +2.7 +26.9%
2007 10.2 +2.3 +29.37%
2006 7.9 −0.8 −9.62%
2005 8.7 +2.3 +36.04%
2004 6.4 +0.9 +16.65%
2003 5.5 +1.9 +54.14%
2002 3.6 +1.8 +97.89%
2001 1.8 +0.2 +12.45%
2000 1.6 — —

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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