Asylum seekers vs. Refugees per 100,000 people by country of asylum
Use escrito dataset owid.asylum-seekers-refugees-country-of-asylum
People who fled their country of origin and are in need of international protection, but have not yet been granted asylum in the country. This data is given per 100,000 people living in the country of asylum. People who fled their country of origin because of serious threats against which the authorities of their home country cannot or will not protect them. This data is given per 100,000 people living in the country of asylum. Regions defined by Our World in Data, which are used in OWID charts and maps.
Cite as: UNHCR (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Asylum seekers per 100,000” [dataset]. UNHCR, “Refugee Population Statistics Database Annual statistics for 2025”; Various sources, “Population” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1951–2025
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-10-27
- Units
- people per 100,000 inhabitants
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/asylum-seekers-refugees-country-of-asylum
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| asylum_seekers_per_100k | number | Asylum seekers per 100,000 (people per 100,000 inhabitants) |
| refugees_per_100k | number | Refugees per 100,000 (people per 100,000 inhabitants) |
| owid_region | text | World region according to OWID |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |