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Refugees hosted per 1,000 inhabitants (UNHCR population of concern)

Name: Refugees hosted per 1,000 inhabitants (UNHCR population of concern)
Creator: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, refugees, migration, asylum, humanitarian, hosting, per-capita, UNHCR

How many refugees each country hosts relative to its population—UNHCR data shows striking differences, with some small countries hosting the most per capita.

Source: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)•158 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

1.4per 1,000 people

Median: 0.4per 1,000 people

Countries Covered

158

with available data

Highest

Jordan

70.0per 1,000 people

Lowest

Mongolia

0.0per 1,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Jordan70.0per 1,000 people

2Lebanon30.0per 1,000 people

3Djibouti20.0per 1,000 people

4South Sudan6.0per 1,000 people

5Cyprus5.0per 1,000 people

By Region

Asia4.7per 1,000 people(25 countries)

Europe1.1per 1,000 people(32 countries)

Other0.7per 1,000 people(79 countries)

Oceania0.6per 1,000 people(2 countries)

North America0.6per 1,000 people(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Per-capita refugee hosting varies by orders of magnitude across countries—much more than absolute host counts suggest.
•Several middle-income and smaller countries can rank highest per capita because large refugee inflows are substantial relative to their population.
•Neighbouring countries to major conflicts often show the highest rates, reflecting geographic proximity and cross-border displacement patterns.
•Per-capita indicators help discuss responsibility-sharing beyond total numbers.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0per 1,000 people)High (300.0per 1,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.4per 1,000 people)

Asia (25)

Europe (32)

Other (79)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

South America (7)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the number of refugees hosted in a country per 1,000 inhabitants. It highlights hosting responsibility in a way that absolute refugee counts can’t: smaller countries can host very large refugee populations relative to their size, while larger countries may host more refugees in total but fewer per person.

Values come from UNHCR’s official refugee stock by host country (end-year) combined with total population to express a comparable per-capita hosting rate. The result is a clear, intuitive indicator of humanitarian load-sharing and the demographic scale of refugee hosting across the world.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Jordan	70.0per 1,000 people
2	Lebanon	30.0per 1,000 people
3	Djibouti	20.0per 1,000 people
4	South Sudan	6.0per 1,000 people
5	Cyprus	5.0per 1,000 people
6	Islamic Republic of Iran	4.0per 1,000 people
7	Uganda	4.0per 1,000 people
8	Israel	3.0per 1,000 people
9	Kuwait	3.0per 1,000 people
10	Iceland	2.2per 1,000 people
11	Qatar	2.0per 1,000 people
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.0per 1,000 people
13	Germany	1.9per 1,000 people
14	Sweden	1.9per 1,000 people
15	Belgium	1.9per 1,000 people
16	Greece	1.8per 1,000 people
17	Ukraine	1.6per 1,000 people
18	Austria	1.6per 1,000 people
19	Rwanda	1.5per 1,000 people
20	United Kingdom	1.5per 1,000 people
21	Switzerland	1.2per 1,000 people
22	Canada	1.1per 1,000 people
23	Netherlands	1.1per 1,000 people
24	Belarus	1.0per 1,000 people
25	Kenya	1.0per 1,000 people
26	Sudan	1.0per 1,000 people
27	Syrian Arab Republic	1.0per 1,000 people
28	United Arab Emirates	1.0per 1,000 people
29	United States of America	1.0per 1,000 people
30	Armenia	1.0per 1,000 people
31	Bulgaria	0.9per 1,000 people
32	Ethiopia	0.9per 1,000 people
33	Iraq	0.9per 1,000 people
34	Luxembourg	0.8per 1,000 people
35	Oman	0.8per 1,000 people
36	Poland	0.8per 1,000 people
37	Romania	0.8per 1,000 people
38	Saudi Arabia	0.8per 1,000 people
39	Angola	0.8per 1,000 people
40	Myanmar	0.7per 1,000 people
41	Cape Verde	0.7per 1,000 people
42	Croatia	0.7per 1,000 people
43	Czech Republic	0.7per 1,000 people
44	Denmark	0.7per 1,000 people
45	Fiji	0.7per 1,000 people
46	Finland	0.7per 1,000 people
47	Moldova, Republic of	0.7per 1,000 people
48	Norway	0.7per 1,000 people
49	Slovakia	0.7per 1,000 people
50	Slovenia	0.7per 1,000 people
51	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7per 1,000 people
52	Australia	0.7per 1,000 people
53	Cayman Islands	0.6per 1,000 people
54	Benin	0.6per 1,000 people
55	France	0.6per 1,000 people
56	Republic of The Gambia	0.6per 1,000 people
57	Latvia	0.6per 1,000 people
58	Libya	0.6per 1,000 people
59	Lithuania	0.6per 1,000 people
60	New Zealand	0.6per 1,000 people
61	Serbia	0.6per 1,000 people
62	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.6per 1,000 people
63	Afghanistan	0.6per 1,000 people
64	Burundi	0.5per 1,000 people
65	Central African Republic	0.5per 1,000 people
66	Colombia	0.5per 1,000 people
67	Estonia	0.5per 1,000 people
68	Faroe Islands	0.5per 1,000 people
69	Kazakhstan	0.5per 1,000 people
70	Portugal	0.5per 1,000 people
71	Singapore	0.5per 1,000 people
72	Belize	0.5per 1,000 people
73	Cambodia	0.4per 1,000 people
74	Georgia	0.4per 1,000 people
75	Hungary	0.4per 1,000 people
76	Ireland	0.4per 1,000 people
77	Italy	0.4per 1,000 people
78	Nepal	0.4per 1,000 people
79	Pakistan	0.4per 1,000 people
80	Russian Federation	0.4per 1,000 people
81	Seychelles	0.4per 1,000 people
82	Spain	0.4per 1,000 people
83	Türkiye	0.4per 1,000 people
84	Bangladesh	0.4per 1,000 people
85	Botswana	0.4per 1,000 people
86	Ghana	0.3per 1,000 people
87	India	0.3per 1,000 people
88	Cote d'Ivoire	0.3per 1,000 people
89	Kyrgyzstan	0.3per 1,000 people
90	Maldives	0.3per 1,000 people
91	Montenegro	0.3per 1,000 people
92	Niger	0.3per 1,000 people
93	Burkina Faso	0.3per 1,000 people
94	Argentina	0.3per 1,000 people
95	Sri Lanka	0.2per 1,000 people
96	Chad	0.2per 1,000 people
97	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.2per 1,000 people
98	Costa Rica	0.2per 1,000 people
99	Cuba	0.2per 1,000 people
100	Guatemala	0.2per 1,000 people
101	Guinea	0.2per 1,000 people
102	South Korea	0.2per 1,000 people
103	Liberia	0.2per 1,000 people
104	Morocco	0.2per 1,000 people
105	Mozambique	0.2per 1,000 people
106	Namibia	0.2per 1,000 people
107	Nigeria	0.2per 1,000 people
108	Panama	0.2per 1,000 people
109	Senegal	0.2per 1,000 people
110	Somalia	0.2per 1,000 people
111	Zimbabwe	0.2per 1,000 people
112	Thailand	0.2per 1,000 people
113	Tunisia	0.2per 1,000 people
114	Egypt	0.2per 1,000 people
115	Uzbekistan	0.2per 1,000 people
116	Venezuela	0.2per 1,000 people
117	Albania	0.2per 1,000 people
118	Algeria	0.2per 1,000 people
119	Bolivia	0.2per 1,000 people
120	Cameroon	0.1per 1,000 people
121	Chile	0.1per 1,000 people
122	People's Republic of China	0.1per 1,000 people
123	Republic of the Congo	0.1per 1,000 people
124	Dominican Republic	0.1per 1,000 people
125	Ecuador	0.1per 1,000 people
126	El Salvador	0.1per 1,000 people
127	Haiti	0.1per 1,000 people
128	Honduras	0.1per 1,000 people
129	Indonesia	0.1per 1,000 people
130	Jamaica	0.1per 1,000 people
131	Japan	0.1per 1,000 people
132	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.1per 1,000 people
133	Lesotho	0.1per 1,000 people
134	Malawi	0.1per 1,000 people
135	Malaysia	0.1per 1,000 people
136	Mali	0.1per 1,000 people
137	Mauritania	0.1per 1,000 people
138	Mauritius	0.1per 1,000 people
139	Mexico	0.1per 1,000 people
140	Nicaragua	0.1per 1,000 people
141	Papua New Guinea	0.1per 1,000 people
142	Paraguay	0.1per 1,000 people
143	Peru	0.1per 1,000 people
144	Philippines	0.1per 1,000 people
145	Sierra Leone	0.1per 1,000 people
146	Vietnam	0.1per 1,000 people
147	South Africa	0.1per 1,000 people
148	Suriname	0.1per 1,000 people
149	Eswatini	0.1per 1,000 people
150	Togo	0.1per 1,000 people
151	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1per 1,000 people
152	Uruguay	0.1per 1,000 people
153	Yemen	0.1per 1,000 people
154	Zambia	0.1per 1,000 people
155	Brazil	0.1per 1,000 people
156	North Korea	0.0per 1,000 people
157	Madagascar	0.0per 1,000 people
158	Mongolia	0.0per 1,000 people

Showing 158 of 158 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) (2023).

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