Refugees per 100,000 people — all countries

Refugees per 100,000 people — Malawi

Refugees per 100,000 people in Malawi in 2024 — 164 per 100k. Ranked 77 in the world out of 178. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 87%.

2024 164 per 100k −1.69% vs 2023
World rank 77of 178
Period maximum 10,443.9 per 100k1992
Period minimum 2.6 per 100k1997

Trend over time

1986–2024 · per 100,000 people

Refugees per 100,000 people — Malawi, 1986–202405,00010,00015,000198619901994199820022006201020142018202220241986: 1,264.8 per 100k1987: 4,843 per 100k1988: 7,176 per 100k1989: 8,963.4 per 100k1990: 9,708.1 per 100k1991: 9,973.5 per 100k1992: 10,443.9 per 100k1993: 6,939 per 100k1994: 887.8 per 100k1995: 10 per 100k1996: 12.2 per 100k1997: 2.6 per 100k1998: 11.5 per 100k1999: 15.3 per 100k2000: 34.5 per 100k2001: 53.5 per 100k2002: 18.3 per 100k2003: 26.3 per 100k2004: 29.5 per 100k2005: 33 per 100k2006: 29.9 per 100k2007: 21.6 per 100k2008: 29.9 per 100k2009: 37.8 per 100k2010: 38.7 per 100k2011: 41.3 per 100k2012: 41.7 per 100k2013: 35.8 per 100k2014: 35.3 per 100k2015: 52.8 per 100k2016: 53.5 per 100k2017: 49.8 per 100k2018: 74.4 per 100k2019: 74 per 100k2020: 76.2 per 100k2021: 107.4 per 100k2022: 170.9 per 100k2023: 166.8 per 100k2024: 164 per 100k
Change over the period: −1,100.8 (−87.04%) Average annual rate: -5.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 164 per 100k
World computed 463.6 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 663.1 per 100k
Eastern Africa computed 889.3 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 925.9 per 100k
Refugees per 100,000 people — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 164 −2.8 −1.69%
2023 166.8 −4.2 −2.43%
2022 170.9 +63.6 +59.18%
2021 107.4 +31.2 +40.87%
2020 76.2 +2.2 +2.96%
2019 74 −0.3 −0.47%
2018 74.4 +24.6 +49.49%
2017 49.8 −3.7 −6.91%
2016 53.5 +0.7 +1.28%
2015 52.8 +17.5 +49.43%
2014 35.3 −0.5 −1.47%
2013 35.8 −5.8 −13.96%
2012 41.7 +0.4 +0.87%
2011 41.3 +2.6 +6.74%
2010 38.7 +0.9 +2.49%
2009 37.8 +7.9 +26.44%
2008 29.9 +8.3 +38.52%
2007 21.6 −8.3 −27.83%
2006 29.9 −3.2 −9.55%
2005 33 +3.6 +12.14%
2004 29.5 +3.1 +11.85%
2003 26.3 +8.1 +44.18%
2002 18.3 −35.2 −65.85%
2001 53.5 +19 +55.17%
2000 34.5 +19.1 +125.03%
1999 15.3 +3.8 +33.2%
1998 11.5 +8.9 +336.86%
1997 2.6 −9.6 −78.49%
1996 12.2 +2.2 +22.03%
1995 10 −877.8 −98.87%
1994 887.8 −6,051.2 −87.21%
1993 6,939 −3,504.9 −33.56%
1992 10,443.9 +470.4 +4.72%
1991 9,973.5 +265.3 +2.73%
1990 9,708.1 +744.7 +8.31%
1989 8,963.4 +1,787.4 +24.91%
1988 7,176 +2,333 +48.17%
1987 4,843 +3,578.2 +282.91%
1986 1,264.8

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.