100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ■ Stateless (2008-2016) ■ Stateless Palestinians (2006-2011) ■ Other Statelles (2006-2011) Figure 15 indicates that the recognition rate for stateless Palestinians seeking asylum in Denmark has decreased from around 30-50 percent in 2006 and 2007 to a substantially lower recognition rate in 2010 and 2011, of around 15 percent. As to “other stateless persons,” the recognition rate has varied but normally it has remained above 60 percent, except in 2010, where no refugee status was granted among this group of asylum-seekers.90 Looking at the aggregate recognition rate available from 2008 onwards, the graph indicates a fall until 2010 (13 percent) and, since then, a significant increase to 53 percent in 2011 and 76 percent in 2013; thereafter the percentage has steadily remained between 82 to 90 percent. Comparing the data of stateless asylum-seekers to other categories of asylum-seekers (shown in the table), it can be seen that between 2008 and 2011, the recognition rate for “stateless Palestinians” was substantially lower than the average of all others, which remained between 30 percent and 50 percent in that period. In contrast, the recognition rate for “other stateless persons” was higher than the national average, except in 2010. When considering the stateless as one group, recognition rates remained below the national average until 2011. After 2011, the recognition rate for stateless asylum seekers in total has stayed consistently higher than the rate for other categories. Besides the stateless spontaneous asylum-seekers, stateless persons may have been granted asylum in Denmark as quota refugees, these being refugees who are offered resettlement in Denmark based on an agreement with UNHCR, or they may have been granted a residence permit for humanitarian or other exceptional reasons. In order to get a comprehensive overview of the total number of stateless persons within the entire asylum system in Denmark, it is therefore important to consider the total number of residence permits granted, as outlined in Figure 16. 90 Here, it must be taken into consideration that the number of “other stateless applicants” was relatively low. There were for instance only two and three asylum applications registered from “other stateless applicants” in 2009 and 2010, respectively. UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries 31