Refugees per 100,000 people — all countries

Refugees per 100,000 people — Jordan

Refugees per 100,000 people in Jordan in 2024 — 5,571.3 per 100k. Ranked 3 in the world out of 178. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 183,210.9%.

2024 5,571.3 per 100k −6.84% vs 2023
World rank 3of 178
Period maximum 8,032 per 100k2013
Period minimum 2.7 per 100k1980

Trend over time

1971–2024 · per 100,000 people

Refugees per 100,000 people — Jordan, 1971–202402,5005,0007,50010,00019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 3 per 100k1972: 2.9 per 100k1978: 3.8 per 100k1979: 5.6 per 100k1980: 2.7 per 100k1981: 3.4 per 100k1982: 4.1 per 100k1983: 5.9 per 100k1984: 15.1 per 100k1985: 14.4 per 100k1989: 3.9 per 100k1990: 17.7 per 100k1991: 11.2 per 100k1992: 6.5 per 100k1993: 10.7 per 100k1994: 12.6 per 100k1995: 14.7 per 100k1996: 17.7 per 100k1997: 14.5 per 100k1998: 15 per 100k1999: 19.1 per 100k2000: 19.8 per 100k2001: 19.3 per 100k2002: 21.3 per 100k2003: 20.8 per 100k2004: 18.6 per 100k2005: 16 per 100k2006: 7,782.7 per 100k2007: 7,327.6 per 100k2008: 7,159 per 100k2009: 6,311.5 per 100k2010: 6,179.3 per 100k2011: 6,029.1 per 100k2012: 3,989.6 per 100k2013: 8,032 per 100k2014: 7,440.3 per 100k2015: 6,957.9 per 100k2016: 6,847.5 per 100k2017: 6,752 per 100k2018: 6,836.9 per 100k2019: 6,500 per 100k2020: 6,465.2 per 100k2021: 6,441.4 per 100k2022: 6,198.9 per 100k2023: 5,980 per 100k2024: 5,571.3 per 100k
Change over the period: +5,568.2 (+183,210.89%) Average annual rate: 15.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jordan 5,571.3 per 100k
World computed 463.6 per 100k
Middle East & North Africa computed 1,152.8 per 100k
Western Asia computed 1,610.9 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 301.6 per 100k
Refugees per 100,000 people — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 5,571.3 −408.7 −6.84%
2023 5,980 −218.9 −3.53%
2022 6,198.9 −242.5 −3.76%
2021 6,441.4 −23.9 −0.37%
2020 6,465.2 −34.7 −0.53%
2019 6,500 −337 −4.93%
2018 6,836.9 +84.9 +1.26%
2017 6,752 −95.5 −1.39%
2016 6,847.5 −110.4 −1.59%
2015 6,957.9 −482.4 −6.48%
2014 7,440.3 −591.7 −7.37%
2013 8,032 +4,042.4 +101.32%
2012 3,989.6 −2,039.4 −33.83%
2011 6,029.1 −150.3 −2.43%
2010 6,179.3 −132.2 −2.09%
2009 6,311.5 −847.5 −11.84%
2008 7,159 −168.6 −2.3%
2007 7,327.6 −455.1 −5.85%
2006 7,782.7 +7,766.8 +48,680.34%
2005 16 −2.7 −14.37%
2004 18.6 −2.2 −10.47%
2003 20.8 −0.5 −2.44%
2002 21.3 +2 +10.45%
2001 19.3 −0.4 −2.22%
2000 19.8 +0.6 +3.39%
1999 19.1 +4.1 +27.14%
1998 15 +0.5 +3.73%
1997 14.5 −3.2 −18.2%
1996 17.7 +3 +20.57%
1995 14.7 +2.1 +16.72%
1994 12.6 +1.9 +17.67%
1993 10.7 +4.2 +63.5%
1992 6.5 −4.7 −41.8%
1991 11.2 −6.4 −36.4%
1990 17.7 +13.8 +355.3%
1989 3.9
1985 14.4 −0.7 −4.47%
1984 15.1 +9.2 +154.88%
1983 5.9 +1.8 +43.47%
1982 4.1 +0.7 +19.78%
1981 3.4 +0.8 +28.1%
1980 2.7 −2.9 −51.8%
1979 5.6 +1.7 +45.11%
1978 3.8
1972 2.9 −0.1 −4.05%
1971 3

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.