Data for 2006

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006

Figures for 2006, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006 covers 152 countries. South Africa is highest, at 131,107; 19 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 375. Against 2005, 136 values changed (79 up, 57 down), 2 countries joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2006

HighestSouth Africa

131,107

Lowest19 countries share it

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.

152countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
125distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	131,107
United StatesUSANorthern America	124,194
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	52,785
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	42,385
FranceFRAWestern Europe	37,009
CanadaCANNorthern America	23,575
JordanJORWestern Asia	19,233
KenyaKENEastern Africa	18,508
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	18,406
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	17,384
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	16,355
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	15,715
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13,499
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	13,068
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	12,491
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	12,400
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	12,374
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	9,173
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7,924
VenezuelaVENSouth America	7,750
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	7,139
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	6,202
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5,812
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	5,591
EcuadorECUSouth America	5,516
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	5,244
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	5,187
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	4,456
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4,313
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4,287
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	4,160
GabonGABMiddle Africa	4,127
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3,945
GuineaGINWestern Africa	3,883
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3,406
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	2,874
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	2,740
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2,668
SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,633
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2,557
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	2,382
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2,301
IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,180
EritreaERIEastern Africa	2,001
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	1,985
PolandPOLEastern Europe	1,965
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,903
MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,879
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	1,586
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,477
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1,368
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1,366
BeninBENWestern Africa	1,338
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	1,215
JapanJPNEastern Asia	1,214
UkraineUKREastern Europe	1,157
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1,115
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1,112
IranIRNSouthern Asia	1,017
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	935
YemenYEMWestern Asia	861
ArgentinaARGSouth America	854
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	839
IsraelISRWestern Asia	826
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	760
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	671
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	667
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	617
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	600
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	569
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	527
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	513
PeruPERSouth America	479
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	436
TogoTGOWestern Africa	434
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	376
BrazilBRASouth America	374
ChileCHLSouth America	334
Costa RicaCRICentral America	332
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	313
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	312
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	298
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	296
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	269
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	259
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	256
PanamaPANCentral America	241
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	238
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	228
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	217
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	215
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	205
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	205
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	173
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	165
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	130
MexicoMEXCentral America	128
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	124
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	93
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	93
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	92
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	91
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	83
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	78
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	75
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	72
ColombiaCOLSouth America	72
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	66
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	60
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	50
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	48
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	40
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	31
QatarQATWestern Asia	28
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	27
BelarusBLREastern Europe	24
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	24
UruguayURYSouth America	22
CubaCUBCaribbean	20
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19
NigerNERWestern Africa	18
BoliviaBOLSouth America	16
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	15
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	14
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	11
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	11
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	10
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	10
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	8
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	5
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	5
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	5
NicaraguaNICCentral America	5
BelizeBLZCentral America	0
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0
HondurasHNDCentral America	0
ItalyITASouthern Europe	0
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0
ParaguayPRYSouth America	0
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0
SpainESPSouthern Europe	0
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa131,107
United States124,194
Germany52,785
Austria42,385
France37,009

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Timor-Lesteshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
Serbiashared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 375. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 150 in both
79 · 57rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Norway0 → 7,924+7,924
Egypt11,003 → 16,355+5,352
Greece8,857 → 13,499+4,642
Uganda1,806 → 5,812+4,006
Syria1,888 → 5,187+3,299

Fell most

United States169,706 → 124,194−45,512
Germany71,598 → 52,785−18,813
Thailand32,137 → 18,406−13,731
Burundi19,898 → 7,139−12,759
South Africa140,095 → 131,107−8,988

+ Montenegro

+ Singapore

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

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

The site’s method

125 distinct values among 152
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 152 countries has every column.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2006). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2006

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