Chapter 2 Figure 13 | Estimated demographics of refugees | end-2024 133 Male 60+ Female 2% 3% 18-59 27% 0-17 27% 21% 20% SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS – INDICATOR 10.7.4 SDG Indicator 10.7.4 identifies the proportion of a country’s population who become refugees or other people in need of international protection.134 Syria (19,100 people per 100,000 inhabitants), Venezuela (18,000 people per 100,000 inhabitants) and South Sudan (16,000 people per 100,000 inhabitants) have seen the greatest proportion of their national population become refugees. Over the last decade, the proportion of refugees per inhabitants has decreased in Syria from 20,300 in 2015 to 19,100 in 2024, while it has increased in all other countries presented in Figure 15. Globally there are 450 refugees per 100,000 people. Figure 14 | SDG Indicator 10.7.4, Refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection of international protection per 100,000 national population | 2015 and 2024 Syria Venezuela South Sudan Eritrea Ukraine World 2015 2024 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 133 Disclaimer: Figures are rounded, thus may not sum up to 100. 134 See the metadata of SDG Indicator 10.7.4. The indicator is computed as follows: [Number of refugees by country of origin at end-year / (Endyear population in country of origin + number of refugees by country of origin at end-year)] × 100,000. For this report, refugees, people in a refugee-like situation and other people in need of international protection have been included. The indicator excludes Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate. UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2024 37