Chapter 2 Figure 6 | Number of refugees per 1,000 inhabitants | end-2017 Lebanon 164 Jordan 71 Turkey 43 Uganda 32 Chad 28 Sweden 24 South Sudan 23 Sudan 22 Malta 19 Djibouti 18 can be used. Economic classifications can be used to compare the number of refugees to a country’s economic ranking (as low-, middle-, or high-income) 24 to better understand the socio-economic environment where refugees have sought asylum, although national-level indicators do not account for the often unequal geographical distribution of refugees within a host country. A comparison of the 10 largest refugee host countries detailed in Figure 4 shows that while two are classified as low-income, hosting 2.2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, seven are considered middle-income, hosting 9.4 million refugees. Among the top 10 is one high-income country, Germany, host to 970,400 refugees. A second indicator compares the number of refugees hosted by each country relative to its national population size. 25 Using this criterion, the impact of the Syrian crisis can clearly be seen on the three main host countries of refugees: Lebanon (164 refugees per 1,000 population), Jordan (71), and Turkey (43). These figures refer only to refugees under UNHCR’s mandate. When Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate are included, the figures rise to 250 per 1,000 for Lebanon (1 in 4) and 310 (almost 1 in 3) for Jordan. Based on this indicator, eight of the 10 countries with the highest proportion of refugees are in developing regions, with five of them least developed countries (all in sub-Saharan Africa) [Figure 6]. 26 In the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, unanimously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2016, UN Member States committed to “a more equitable sharing of the burden and responsibility for hosting and supporting the world’s refugees, while taking account of existing contributions and the differing capacities and resources among States.”27 The General Assembly sets out, in this declaration, the key elements of a Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) designed to ease pressures on countries hosting large numbers of refugees, enhance refugee self-reliance, expand access to third-country solutions, and support conditions in countries of origin for return in safety and dignity. The practical application of the CRRF will inform the preparation of a Global Compact on Refugees, to be included in the High Commissioner’s annual report to the General Assembly in 2018. For more information on the practical application of the CRRF and key progress made thus far, please see the CRRF Global Digital Portal: www.globalcrrf.org. ■ 24 See https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/ articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups. 25 National population data are from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, ‘World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision’, New York, 2017. For the purpose of this analysis, the 2017 medium fertility variant population projections have been used. See: https://esa.un.org/ unpd/wpp/. 26 See https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ for a list of least developed countries. 27 http://www.unhcr.org/57e39d987. unhcr > Global trends 2017 21