Statistics for forcibly displaced and all other people protected/ assisted by UNHCR This report’s main focus is the analysis of changes and trends in forced displacement from January to December 2022 among people covered by UNHCR’s mandate.9 The data presented are based on information received as of 31 May 2023 unless otherwise indicated. At the end of 2022, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide was estimated at 108.4 million.10 This figure encompasses refugees (including refugees who are not covered by UNHCR’s mandate), asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and other people in need of international protection. OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION The category “Other people in need of international protection” was first introduced in mid-2022 reporting11 and refers to: “People who are outside their country or territory of origin, typically because they have been forcibly displaced across international borders, who have not been reported under other categories (asylum-seekers, refugees, people in refugee-like situations) but who likely need international protection, including protection against forced return, as well as access to basic services on a temporary or longer-term basis.” UNHCR also estimates the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists. This includes those who have been forcibly displaced (refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and other people in need of international protection); those who have returned home within the previous year; those who are stateless (most of whom are not forcibly displaced); and other groups to whom UNHCR has extended its protection or provided assistance on a humanitarian basis. At the end of 2022 this figure stood at 112.6 million people. These two categorizations are compared graphically below. A detailed breakdown of the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists is provided in Annex Tables 1 - 23 by category and country. The figures in this report are based on data reported by governments, nongovernmental organizations and UNHCR. Numbers are rounded to the closest hundred or thousand. As some adjustments may appear later in the year in the Refugee Data Finder,12 figures contained in this report should be considered as provisional and subject to change. Unless otherwise specified, the report does not refer to events occurring after 31 December 2022. 9 See the Methodology page of UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for a definition of each population group. 10 The total number of people forcibly displaced is calculated using UNHCR, UNRWA and IDMC statistics. 11 The new category refers to people who have not been reported under other categories, and includes Venezuelans previously designated as “Venezuelans displaced abroad (VDA)”. This change has been made retroactively in UNHCR’s statistics since 2018. The term VDA will no longer be used. 12 See: UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder. 4 UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2022