Refugees per 100,000 people — all countries

Refugees per 100,000 people — Yemen

Refugees per 100,000 people in Yemen in 2024 — 115.4 per 100k. Ranked 83 in the world out of 178. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 19,857.6%.

2024 115.4 per 100k −18.21% vs 2023
World rank 83of 178
Period maximum 857.4 per 100k2015
Period minimum 0.6 per 100k1978

Trend over time

1977–2024 · per 100,000 people

Refugees per 100,000 people — Yemen, 1977–202402505007501,00019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 0.6 per 100k1978: 0.6 per 100k1979: 3.9 per 100k1980: 5.8 per 100k1981: 10.4 per 100k1982: 13.7 per 100k1983: 34.6 per 100k1984: 38.8 per 100k1985: 43.7 per 100k1986: 42 per 100k1987: 24.3 per 100k1988: 9 per 100k1989: 23.4 per 100k1990: 21.2 per 100k1991: 207.4 per 100k1992: 398.1 per 100k1993: 349.8 per 100k1994: 299.1 per 100k1995: 319.3 per 100k1996: 309.3 per 100k1997: 229.2 per 100k1998: 332.8 per 100k1999: 317.8 per 100k2000: 308.5 per 100k2001: 343.4 per 100k2002: 397.4 per 100k2003: 288.4 per 100k2004: 300.4 per 100k2005: 359.5 per 100k2006: 406.9 per 100k2007: 482.6 per 100k2008: 558.2 per 100k2009: 658.9 per 100k2010: 710.5 per 100k2011: 778.5 per 100k2012: 834.1 per 100k2013: 823.1 per 100k2014: 852.4 per 100k2015: 857.4 per 100k2016: 840.2 per 100k2017: 818.7 per 100k2018: 775.6 per 100k2019: 764.7 per 100k2020: 461.9 per 100k2021: 240.9 per 100k2022: 202.6 per 100k2023: 141.1 per 100k2024: 115.4 per 100k
Change over the period: +114.8 (+19,857.55%) Average annual rate: 11.93 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Yemen 115.4 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
Low-income countries computed 925.9 per 100k
Refugees per 100,000 people — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 115.4 −25.7 −18.21%
2023 141.1 −61.6 −30.39%
2022 202.6 −38.2 −15.88%
2021 240.9 −221 −47.85%
2020 461.9 −302.8 −39.6%
2019 764.7 −10.9 −1.4%
2018 775.6 −43.1 −5.27%
2017 818.7 −21.5 −2.56%
2016 840.2 −17.2 −2.01%
2015 857.4 +5 +0.59%
2014 852.4 +29.2 +3.55%
2013 823.1 −11 −1.32%
2012 834.1 +55.6 +7.15%
2011 778.5 +68 +9.57%
2010 710.5 +51.5 +7.82%
2009 658.9 +100.8 +18.06%
2008 558.2 +75.6 +15.66%
2007 482.6 +75.7 +18.61%
2006 406.9 +47.4 +13.18%
2005 359.5 +59.1 +19.67%
2004 300.4 +12 +4.18%
2003 288.4 −109 −27.43%
2002 397.4 +54 +15.71%
2001 343.4 +34.9 +11.32%
2000 308.5 −9.3 −2.92%
1999 317.8 −14.9 −4.49%
1998 332.8 +103.6 +45.19%
1997 229.2 −80.1 −25.9%
1996 309.3 −10 −3.14%
1995 319.3 +20.2 +6.75%
1994 299.1 −50.7 −14.5%
1993 349.8 −48.3 −12.13%
1992 398.1 +190.8 +91.98%
1991 207.4 +186.2 +880.33%
1990 21.2 −2.3 −9.67%
1989 23.4 +14.4 +160.32%
1988 9 −15.3 −62.9%
1987 24.3 −17.8 −42.27%
1986 42 −1.6 −3.76%
1985 43.7 +4.8 +12.45%
1984 38.8 +4.2 +12.04%
1983 34.6 +21 +153.44%
1982 13.7 +3.2 +31.16%
1981 10.4 +4.7 +80.85%
1980 5.8 +1.9 +47.67%
1979 3.9 +3.3 +596.77%
1978 0.6 −0 −3.12%
1977 0.6

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.