Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Uruguay

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Uruguay in 2024 — 910.3 per 100k. Ranked 7 in the world out of 178.

2024 910.3 per 100k +27.58% vs 2023
World rank 7of 178
Period maximum 910.3 per 100k2024
Period minimum 0 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Uruguay, 2000–202402505007501,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 per 100k2001: 0 per 100k2002: 0 per 100k2003: 0.2 per 100k2004: 0.2 per 100k2005: 0 per 100k2006: 0.7 per 100k2007: 0.9 per 100k2008: 1 per 100k2009: 1 per 100k2010: 1 per 100k2011: 1.5 per 100k2012: 1.2 per 100k2013: 1.1 per 100k2014: 1.5 per 100k2015: 2 per 100k2016: 10.4 per 100k2017: 61.7 per 100k2018: 188.7 per 100k2019: 404.5 per 100k2020: 312.8 per 100k2021: 398 per 100k2022: 486 per 100k2023: 713.5 per 100k2024: 910.3 per 100k
Change over the period: +910.3

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 910.3 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Latin America & Caribbean computed 188.7 per 100k
South America computed 162.1 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 910.3 +196.8 +27.58%
2023 713.5 +227.5 +46.81%
2022 486 +88 +22.1%
2021 398 +85.2 +27.25%
2020 312.8 −91.7 −22.68%
2019 404.5 +215.9 +114.42%
2018 188.7 +127 +206.01%
2017 61.7 +51.2 +491.86%
2016 10.4 +8.4 +408.45%
2015 2 +0.5 +34.82%
2014 1.5 +0.4 +33.77%
2013 1.1 −0.1 −5.28%
2012 1.2 −0.3 −18.58%
2011 1.5 +0.5 +48.12%
2010 1 +0 +2.86%
2009 1 −0 −3.26%
2008 1 +0.1 +13.55%
2007 0.9 +0.2 +31.59%
2006 0.7 +0.7
2005 0 −0.2 −100%
2004 0.2 −0 −0.06%
2003 0.2 +0.2
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0

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.