Trends at a Glance
123.2 MILLION
FORCIBLY DISPLACED WORLDWIDE
1
at the end of 2024 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence,
human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.
5.9 million other
people in need of
international protection²
120M
5.9 million Palestine
refugees under UNRWA’s
mandate³
8.4 million asylum-seekers
100M
Number of people
80M
31 million refugees
under UNHCR’s mandate4
73.5 million
internally displaced
people5
60M
40M
20M
0
2014
2015
2016
2017
73%
HOSTED IN
LOW-AND MIDDLEINCOME COUNTRIES
Low- and middle-income countries
hosted 73 per cent of the world’s
refugees and other people in need of
international protection.6 The Least
Developed Countries provided
asylum to 23 per cent of the total.
67%
HOSTED
IN NEIGHBOURING
COUNTRIES
67 per cent of refugees and other
people in need of international
protection lived in countries
neighbouring their countries of origin.
2
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
1 8
IN
ARE DISPLACED
Relative to their national populations,7
Lebanon (1 in 8) hosted the largest
number of refugees and other people
in need of international protection,
followed by the island of Aruba (1 in 9),
Chad (1 in 16), Curaçao (1 in 16) and
Jordan (1 in 18).8
Lebanon
1 in 8
Aruba
1 in 9
Chad
1 in 16
Curaçao
1 in 16
2023
2024
3.1
MILLION
NEW CLAIMS
The United States of America 9
was the world’s largest recipient
of new individual applications.
United States of America
729,100
Egypt
433,900
Germany
229,800
Canada
174,000
Spain
167,400
Jordan
1 in 18
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