Trends at a Glance
108.4 MILLION
100M
FORCIBLY DISPLACED WORLDWIDE
80M
at the end of 2022 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence,
human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.
60M
40M
35.3 million refugees
20M
62.5 million
29.4 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate 1
5.9 million Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate
internally displaced
people2
5.4 million
asylum-seekers
5.2 million
million other people in need
of international protection 3
0
1990
2002
76%
HOSTED IN LOWAND MIDDLE-INCOME
COUNTRIES
Low- and middle-income countries
hosted 76 per cent of the world’s
refugees and other people in need of
international protection. 4 The Least
Developed Countries provided
asylum to 20 per cent of the total.
70%
HOSTED IN
NEIGHBOURING
COUNTRIES
70 per cent of refugees and other
people in need of international
protection lived in countries
neighbouring their countries of origin.
2
3.6
MILLION
REFUGEES HOSTED
IN TÜRKIYE
Türkiye hosted nearly 3.6 million
refugees, the largest population
worldwide, followed by the Islamic
Republic of Iran with 3.4 million.
2012
2022
1 6
IN
ARE DISPLACED
Relative to their national populations,6
the island of Aruba (1 in 6) and
Lebanon (1 in 7) hosted the largest
number of refugees and other people
in need of international protection,
followed by Curaçao (1 in 14), Jordan
(1 in 16) and Montenegro (1 in 19).7
Türkiye
3.6 million
Aruba
1 in 6
Islamic Republic of Iran
3.4 million
Lebanon
1 in 7
Colombia5
2.5 million
Curaçao
1 in 14
Germany
2.1 million
Jordan
1 in 16
Pakistan
1.7 million
Montenegro
1 in 19
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