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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020

Figures for 2020, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020 covers 177 countries. United States is highest, at 997,996; 19 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,104. Against 2019, 156 values changed (79 up, 77 down), 1 country joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2020

HighestUnited States

997,996

Lowest19 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 177 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
United StatesUSANorthern America997,996
PeruPERSouth America537,552
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia322,188
GermanyDEUWestern Europe243,157
BrazilBRASouth America202,661
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa173,461
FranceFRAWestern Europe118,137
SpainESPSouthern Europe103,385
Costa RicaCRICentral America89,744
CanadaCANNorthern America85,352
MexicoMEXCentral America83,792
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand80,801
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe77,245
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe60,873
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa56,446
ItalyITASouthern Europe53,901
KenyaKENEastern Africa51,916
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia49,822
JordanJORWestern Asia49,686
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa40,039
MalawiMWIEastern Africa33,129
IsraelISRWestern Asia32,518
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30,278
BelgiumBELWestern Europe29,305
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa28,748

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States997,996
  2. Peru537,552
  3. Türkiye322,188
  4. Germany243,157
  5. Brazil202,661

Lowest

  1. Vietnamshared0
  2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0
  3. Uzbekistanshared0
  4. Turkmenistanshared0
  5. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,104. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 176 in both
  • 79 · 77rose · fell
  • 20unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Grenada

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

  • 152 distinct values among 177

    Values are stored exactly as published. 19 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 177 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 (2020). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2020

0626 held

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07Questions

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest asylum-seekers in Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020?

United States, at 997,996, of the 177 countries in the file.

What year does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020 cover?

177.

Where can I download Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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