Data for 2010

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2010

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2010
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 2010, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2010 covers 167 countries. South Africa is highest, at 171,702; 17 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 323. Against 2009, 141 values changed (79 up, 62 down), 8 countries joined, 2 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2010

HighestSouth Africa

171,702

Lowest17 countries share it

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

167countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	171,702
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55,714
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	51,930
Canada`CAN`Northern America	50,998
Ecuador`ECU`South America	49,874
France`FRA`Western Europe	48,576
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27,957
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25,602
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24,111
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20,803
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,606
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18,288
Venezuela`VEN`South America	15,844
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14,880
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14,283
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13,034
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12,884
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12,443
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12,059
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11,317
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10,233
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9,356
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6,699
United States`USA`Northern America	6,276
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,038
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5,902
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,574
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5,518
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,385
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,088
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4,228
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4,121
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4,070
India`IND`Southern Asia	3,741
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3,714
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3,334
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3,272
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3,185
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,072
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,023
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2,949
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,688
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,547
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,435
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2,378
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,174
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,137
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,111
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,093
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,075
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,058
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,809
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,767
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,756
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,702
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,654
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,432
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,411
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,407
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,392
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,282
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,246
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,213
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,031
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,014
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	937
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	920
Argentina`ARG`South America	916
Brazil`BRA`South America	852
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	763
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	748
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	727
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	694
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	660
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	548
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	531
Panama`PAN`Central America	469
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	451
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	414
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	377
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	372
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	354
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	324
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	323
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	314
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	300
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	284
Chile`CHL`South America	271
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	269
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	267
Peru`PER`South America	257
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	251
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	246
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	237
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	204
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	194
Colombia`COL`South America	165
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	157
Mexico`MEX`Central America	156
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	149
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	149
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	144
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	135
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	134
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	120
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	112
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	105
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	93
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	88
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	85
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	74
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	62
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	49
Bolivia`BOL`South America	43
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	43
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	35
Uruguay`URY`South America	33
Belize`BLZ`Central America	31
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	30
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	25
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	20
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	18
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	14
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	14
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	8
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	6
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	5
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa171,702
Greece55,714
Germany51,930
Canada50,998
Ecuador49,874

Lowest

Vanuatushared0
Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
Eswatinishared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −2countries joined / left
141values changed, of 159 in both
79 · 62rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Germany38,875 → 51,930+13,055
Uganda11,551 → 20,803+9,252
Kenya18,961 → 27,957+8,996
France40,517 → 48,576+8,059
Greece48,201 → 55,714+7,513

Fell most

South Africa309,794 → 171,702−138,092
United States63,758 → 6,276−57,482
Canada61,167 → 50,998−10,169
Austria32,133 → 25,602−6,531
Switzerland17,127 → 12,884−4,243

+ Bahamas

+ Brunei

+ Curaçao

+ Dominican Republic

+ Grenada

+ Guyana

+ Montserrat

+ Sint Maarten

− Palau

− Timor-Leste

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.

How values are stored

138 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published. 17 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2010). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2010

0626 held

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2009
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169 countries
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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions