Data for 2006

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2006
Creator: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
License: https://www.unhcr.org/what-we-do/data-and-publications/data-and-statistics/terms-use-datasets

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.

152countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
125distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

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 Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	131,107
United States`USA`Northern America	124,194
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52,785
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	42,385
France`FRA`Western Europe	37,009
Canada`CAN`Northern America	23,575
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19,233
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18,508
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18,406
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17,384
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16,355
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15,715
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13,499
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,068
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12,491
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12,400
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12,374
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9,173
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7,924
Venezuela`VEN`South America	7,750
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7,139
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,202
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5,812
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5,591
Ecuador`ECU`South America	5,516
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5,244
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,187
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,456
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4,313
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4,287
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4,160
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,127
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3,945
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,883
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3,406
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2,874
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2,740
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,668
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,633
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,557
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,382
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2,301
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,180
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2,001
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,985
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,965
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,903
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,879
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,586
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,477
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,368
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,366
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,338
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,215
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1,214
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,157
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,115
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,112
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,017
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	935
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	861
Argentina`ARG`South America	854
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	839
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	826
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	760
India`IND`Southern Asia	671
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	667
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	617
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	600
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	569
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	527
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	513
Peru`PER`South America	479
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	436
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	434
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	376
Brazil`BRA`South America	374
Chile`CHL`South America	334
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	332
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	313
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	312
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	298
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	296
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	269
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	259
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	256
Panama`PAN`Central America	241
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	238
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	228
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	217
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	215
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	205
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	205
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	173
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	165
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	130
Mexico`MEX`Central America	128
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	124
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	93
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	93
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	92
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	91
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	78
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72
Colombia`COL`South America	72
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	66
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	48
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	31
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	28
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	27
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	24
Uruguay`URY`South America	22
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19
Niger`NER`Western Africa	18
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	15
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-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.

How values are stored

125 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published. 19 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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