Data for 2011

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2011

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2011
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 2011, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2011 covers 169 countries. South Africa is highest, at 219,341; 18 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 544. Against 2010, 151 values changed (92 up, 59 down), 5 countries joined, 3 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2011

HighestSouth Africa

219,341

Lowest18 countries share it

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

169countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
135distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	219,341
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	62,654
France`FRA`Western Europe	49,240
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	43,942
Canada`CAN`Northern America	41,835
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35,268
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24,464
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	23,449
Ecuador`ECU`South America	21,534
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19,006
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18,915
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18,106
Venezuela`VEN`South America	17,356
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16,893
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16,861
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13,525
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13,331
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12,637
United States`USA`Northern America	11,700
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	11,114
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10,936
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10,918
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,542
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10,406
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10,054
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9,592
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6,896
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6,444
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6,018
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,870
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,380
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5,210
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4,968
Brazil`BRA`South America	4,644
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,195
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3,680
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,589
India`IND`Southern Asia	3,508
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,289
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,226
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3,154
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3,042
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,008
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,883
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,873
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,670
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,497
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,447
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,357
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2,262
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,261
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,026
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,904
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,813
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,783
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,725
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,694
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,617
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,526
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,448
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,415
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,381
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,340
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,196
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,159
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,131
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,114
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,018
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	943
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	929
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	925
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	909
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	805
Panama`PAN`Central America	782
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	774
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	751
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	707
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	667
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	659
Mexico`MEX`Central America	611
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	604
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	602
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	574
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	569
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	544
Peru`PER`South America	484
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	451
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	442
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	404
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	392
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	384
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	375
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	360
Chile`CHL`South America	356
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	354
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	291
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	269
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	244
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	219
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	216
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	212
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	201
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	198
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	185
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	162
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	156
Colombia`COL`South America	115
Niger`NER`Western Africa	113
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	93
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	90
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	88
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	73
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61
Belize`BLZ`Central America	56
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	52
Uruguay`URY`South America	49
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	48
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	48
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	41
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	36
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	34
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	26
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17
Bolivia`BOL`South America	17
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	10
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	5
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	5
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa219,341
Germany62,654
France49,240
Greece43,942
Canada41,835

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
Sint Maartenshared0
Eswatinishared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 544. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −3countries joined / left
151values changed, of 164 in both
92 · 59rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

South Africa171,702 → 219,341+47,639
Ghana748 → 12,637+11,889
Germany51,930 → 62,654+10,724
Italy4,070 → 13,525+9,455
Kenya27,957 → 35,268+7,311

Fell most

Ecuador49,874 → 21,534−28,340
Somalia24,111 → 6,018−18,093
Greece55,714 → 43,942−11,772
Canada50,998 → 41,835−9,163
Netherlands13,034 → 10,406−2,628

+ Aruba

+ Lesotho

+ Monaco

+ Madagascar

+ South Sudan

− Cayman Islands

− Singapore

− Vanuatu

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

135 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published. 18 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2011). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2011

0626 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions