Data for 2007

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2007

Figures for 2007, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2007 covers 154 countries. South Africa is highest, at 170,864; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 516. Against 2006, 142 values changed (80 up, 62 down), 2 countries joined.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2007

HighestSouth Africa

170,864

Lowest12 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.

154countries
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2007the year it describes
127distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	170,864
United StatesUSANorthern America	83,855
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	38,424
CanadaCANNorthern America	37,509
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	34,014
FranceFRAWestern Europe	32,275
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	28,448
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	27,686
EcuadorECUSouth America	27,395
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	15,247
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	14,865
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	13,471
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	11,879
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	10,800
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	10,729
VenezuelaVENSouth America	9,588
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	8,705
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	7,528
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	7,322
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	6,834
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6,776
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6,641
PolandPOLEastern Europe	5,937
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	5,862
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	5,840
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	5,776
KenyaKENEastern Africa	5,762
IsraelISRWestern Asia	5,734
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	5,166
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4,791
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4,364
GabonGABMiddle Africa	4,258
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4,156
GuineaGINWestern Africa	4,017
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	3,121
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3,074
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2,918
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2,771
SenegalSENWestern Africa	2,539
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2,415
IraqIRQWestern Asia	2,413
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	2,180
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	2,149
EritreaERIEastern Africa	2,016
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1,970
MaliMLIWestern Africa	1,905
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	1,891
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1,770
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	1,632
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	1,587
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	1,559
JapanJPNEastern Asia	1,502
ItalyITASouthern Europe	1,500
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1,459
UkraineUKREastern Europe	1,283
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1,201
IranIRNSouthern Asia	1,184
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1,152
ArgentinaARGSouth America	1,080
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	1,002
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	862
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	725
YemenYEMWestern Asia	713
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	712
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	711
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	703
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	697
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	667
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	616
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	601
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	578
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	569
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	546
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	537
PeruPERSouth America	533
BeninBENWestern Africa	527
PanamaPANCentral America	524
ChileCHLSouth America	507
Costa RicaCRICentral America	503
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	484
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	447
BrazilBRASouth America	404
JordanJORWestern Asia	350
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	341
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	309
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	284
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	251
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	237
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	226
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	199
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	196
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	178
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	166
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	158
BoliviaBOLSouth America	156
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	149
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	142
TogoTGOWestern Africa	124
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	97
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	96
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	96
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	88
ColombiaCOLSouth America	83
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	71
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	69
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	66
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	63
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	59
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	52
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	50
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	46
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	44
MexicoMEXCentral America	44
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	44
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	38
QatarQATWestern Asia	38
OmanOMNWestern Asia	35
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	33
UruguayURYSouth America	29
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	25
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	25
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	21
NicaraguaNICCentral America	19
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	18
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	16
HondurasHNDCentral America	16
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	16
NigerNERWestern Africa	14
ParaguayPRYSouth America	14
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	12
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	12
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	11
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	11
BelarusBLREastern Europe	10
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	10
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	10
CubaCUBCaribbean	9
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	5
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	5
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	5
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	5
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	5
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0
BelizeBLZCentral America	0
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0
SpainESPSouthern Europe	0
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa170,864
United States83,855
Austria38,424
Canada37,509
Germany34,014

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Timor-Lesteshared0
Portugalshared0
Montenegroshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 516. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 152 in both
80 · 62rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

South Africa131,107 → 170,864+39,757
Ecuador5,516 → 27,395+21,879
Greece13,499 → 28,448+14,949
Canada23,575 → 37,509+13,934
Sweden17,384 → 27,686+10,302

Fell most

United States124,194 → 83,855−40,339
Jordan19,233 → 350−18,883
Germany52,785 → 34,014−18,771
Kenya18,508 → 5,762−12,746
Netherlands13,068 → 5,840−7,228

+ Antigua and Barbuda

+ Trinidad and Tobago

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

127 distinct values among 154
Values are stored exactly as published. 12 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 154 countries has every column.

05The files

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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.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2007). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2007

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