Refugees per 100,000 people — all countries

Refugees per 100,000 people — Benin

Refugees per 100,000 people in Benin in 2024 — 112.2 per 100k. Ranked 86 in the world out of 178. Since 1969, the indicator has risen by 205.9%.

2024 112.2 per 100k +460.61% vs 2023
World rank 86of 178
Period maximum 2,660.4 per 100k1993
Period minimum 1.2 per 100k1983

Trend over time

1969–2024 · per 100,000 people

Refugees per 100,000 people — Benin, 1969–202401,0002,0003,00019691975198119871993199920052011201720231969: 36.7 per 100k1983: 1.2 per 100k1984: 18.2 per 100k1985: 81.5 per 100k1986: 80 per 100k1987: 63.3 per 100k1988: 23.7 per 100k1989: 16.8 per 100k1990: 8.6 per 100k1991: 8.4 per 100k1992: 5.2 per 100k1993: 2,660.4 per 100k1994: 1,154.8 per 100k1995: 382.9 per 100k1996: 93.3 per 100k1997: 44.3 per 100k1998: 42.7 per 100k1999: 52.2 per 100k2000: 59.4 per 100k2001: 64.4 per 100k2002: 65.3 per 100k2003: 63.6 per 100k2004: 58.8 per 100k2005: 359.5 per 100k2006: 124.1 per 100k2007: 85 per 100k2008: 75.1 per 100k2009: 75.8 per 100k2010: 72.8 per 100k2011: 71.5 per 100k2012: 47.7 per 100k2013: 1.8 per 100k2014: 3.8 per 100k2015: 4.6 per 100k2016: 6.9 per 100k2017: 8.8 per 100k2018: 9.4 per 100k2019: 9.7 per 100k2020: 10.7 per 100k2021: 12.9 per 100k2022: 12.9 per 100k2023: 20 per 100k2024: 112.2 per 100k
Change over the period: +75.5 (+205.91%) Average annual rate: 2.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 112.2 per 100k
World computed 463.6 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 663.1 per 100k
Western Africa computed 195.5 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 301.6 per 100k
Refugees per 100,000 people — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 112.2 +92.2 +460.61%
2023 20 +7.1 +54.84%
2022 12.9 −0 −0.1%
2021 12.9 +2.3 +21.17%
2020 10.7 +1 +9.8%
2019 9.7 +0.3 +3.22%
2018 9.4 +0.7 +7.45%
2017 8.8 +1.9 +27.61%
2016 6.9 +2.2 +48.45%
2015 4.6 +0.9 +23.36%
2014 3.8 +2 +111.55%
2013 1.8 −45.9 −96.28%
2012 47.7 −23.8 −33.25%
2011 71.5 −1.4 −1.89%
2010 72.8 −2.9 −3.86%
2009 75.8 +0.7 +0.93%
2008 75.1 −9.9 −11.69%
2007 85 −39.1 −31.48%
2006 124.1 −235.4 −65.49%
2005 359.5 +300.6 +511%
2004 58.8 −4.8 −7.49%
2003 63.6 −1.7 −2.65%
2002 65.3 +0.9 +1.46%
2001 64.4 +5 +8.39%
2000 59.4 +7.3 +13.91%
1999 52.2 +9.5 +22.18%
1998 42.7 −1.6 −3.57%
1997 44.3 −49 −52.54%
1996 93.3 −289.7 −75.64%
1995 382.9 −771.9 −66.84%
1994 1,154.8 −1,505.6 −56.59%
1993 2,660.4 +2,655.2 +50,909.77%
1992 5.2 −3.2 −37.7%
1991 8.4 −0.3 −3.04%
1990 8.6 −8.1 −48.46%
1989 16.8 −6.9 −29.24%
1988 23.7 −39.6 −62.6%
1987 63.3 −16.7 −20.87%
1986 80 −1.5 −1.89%
1985 81.5 +63.4 +349.04%
1984 18.2 +17 +1,453.91%
1983 1.2
1969 36.7

About the indicator

The number of hosted refugees per 100,000 people of the population of the host country. The indicator converts absolute numbers into a measure of load: by number of refugees the top rows belong to large countries, while by this rate they belong to small states that took in an exodus from a neighboring country, where the newcomers are comparable in number to the local population.

Important: A measure of load rather than of generosity: a high value speaks more often of geographic proximity to a conflict zone than of resettlement policy.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.