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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021

Figures for 2021, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021 covers 179 countries. United States is highest, at 1,303,181; 22 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,085. Against 2020, 150 values changed (88 up, 62 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2021

HighestUnited States

1,303,181

Lowest22 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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 179 countries · select a heading to sort

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
United StatesUSANorthern America1,303,181
PeruPERSouth America537,047
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia304,970
GermanyDEUWestern Europe253,867
BrazilBRASouth America199,233
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa167,411
MexicoMEXCentral America157,150
Costa RicaCRICentral America152,507
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe104,897
SpainESPSouthern Europe103,850
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand82,810
FranceFRAWestern Europe75,708
CanadaCANNorthern America63,144
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa60,392
KenyaKENEastern Africa59,001
ItalyITASouthern Europe51,779
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia49,372
JordanJORWestern Asia47,197
UgandaUGAEastern Africa43,388
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37,047
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa36,741
MalawiMWIEastern Africa30,904
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa30,279
BelgiumBELWestern Europe28,955
ColombiaCOLSouth America28,920

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States1,303,181
  2. Peru537,047
  3. Türkiye304,970
  4. Germany253,867
  5. Brazil199,233

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 1,085. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 176 in both
  • 88 · 62rose · fell
  • 26unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • France118,137 → 75,708−42,429
  • Greece60,873 → 37,047−23,826
  • Canada85,352 → 63,144−22,208
  • Ecuador26,001 → 7,137−18,864
  • Türkiye322,188 → 304,970−17,218
+ Comoros+ Solomon Islands+ Vanuatu− Haiti

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 179

    Values are stored exactly as published. 22 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 179 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 (2021). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2021

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07Questions

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest asylum-seekers in Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021?

United States, at 1,303,181, of the 179 countries in the file.

What year does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021 cover?

179.

Where can I download Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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