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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009 covers 161 countries. South Africa is highest, at 309,794; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 490. Against 2008, 142 values changed (79 up, 63 down), 6 countries joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2009

HighestSouth Africa

309,794

Lowest15 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 161 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa309,794
United StatesUSANorthern America63,758
CanadaCANNorthern America61,167
EcuadorECUSouth America50,593
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe48,201
FranceFRAWestern Europe40,517
GermanyDEUWestern Europe38,875
AustriaAUTWestern Europe32,133
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa24,666
KenyaKENEastern Africa18,961
SwedenSWENorthern Europe18,932
BelgiumBELWestern Europe18,233
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17,127
NorwayNORNorthern Europe16,621
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe16,228
VenezuelaVENSouth America14,357
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa13,425
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12,406
UgandaUGAEastern Africa11,551
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia10,253
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia10,245
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6,337
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5,969
SudanSDNNorthern Africa5,936
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,436

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Africa309,794
  2. United States63,758
  3. Canada61,167
  4. Ecuador50,593
  5. Greece48,201

Lowest

  1. Vanuatushared0
  2. Vietnamshared0
  3. Uzbekistanshared0
  4. Turkmenistanshared0
  5. Singaporeshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 490. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +6 / −0countries joined / left
  • 142values changed, of 155 in both
  • 79 · 63rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cayman Islands+ Haiti+ Jamaica+ Saint Lucia+ Macau+ Palau

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 132 distinct values among 161

    Values are stored exactly as published. 15 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 161 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2009). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2009

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07Questions

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest asylum-seekers in Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009?

South Africa, at 309,794, of the 161 countries in the file.

What year does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009 cover?

161.

Where can I download Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025.

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