Data for 2012

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2012

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2012
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 2012, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2012 covers 170 countries. South Africa is highest, at 230,420; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 407. Against 2011, 148 values changed (82 up, 66 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2012

HighestSouth Africa

230,420

Lowest16 countries share it

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

170countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	230,420
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	85,507
France`FRA`Western Europe	49,885
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41,940
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36,183
Canada`CAN`Northern America	32,647
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28,061
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23,785
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,830
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	22,418
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	21,670
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20,321
United States`USA`Northern America	18,946
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18,896
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16,938
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	15,023
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14,554
Ecuador`ECU`South America	14,553
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14,320
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11,623
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10,991
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10,406
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10,110
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9,317
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8,461
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8,192
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,665
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6,544
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	6,474
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6,129
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6,107
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,682
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,423
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,062
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,908
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,695
India`IND`Southern Asia	3,549
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,315
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,281
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3,122
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,093
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,934
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2,790
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,624
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2,603
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,603
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,394
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2,368
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,333
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,216
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,161
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,140
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1,906
Argentina`ARG`South America	1,901
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,867
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,821
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,722
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,539
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1,526
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,473
Brazil`BRA`South America	1,425
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,270
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,239
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1,190
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,084
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,038
Venezuela`VEN`South America	900
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	837
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	831
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	816
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	798
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	796
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	764
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	754
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	684
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	624
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	566
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	530
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	521
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	518
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	508
Peru`PER`South America	473
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	451
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	432
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	415
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	399
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	386
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	379
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	378
Panama`PAN`Central America	357
Chile`CHL`South America	353
Mexico`MEX`Central America	353
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	348
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	335
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	329
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	315
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	255
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	253
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	248
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	236
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	212
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	194
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	192
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	173
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	171
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	156
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	137
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	133
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	108
Niger`NER`Western Africa	99
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	98
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	95
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	93
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	91
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	87
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	81
Belize`BLZ`Central America	75
Colombia`COL`South America	70
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	70
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	56
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	54
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	53
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	46
Uruguay`URY`South America	40
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	28
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	24
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	21
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	21
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	17
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	17
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11
Bolivia`BOL`South America	8
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	5
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	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
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa230,420
Germany85,507
France49,885
Kenya41,940
Greece36,183

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 407. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
148values changed, of 167 in both
82 · 66rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Germany62,654 → 85,507+22,853
Angola3,154 → 20,321+17,167
Türkiye10,936 → 23,785+12,849
South Africa219,341 → 230,420+11,079
United States11,700 → 18,946+7,246

Fell most

Venezuela17,356 → 900−16,456
Ghana12,637 → 2,603−10,034
Canada41,835 → 32,647−9,188
Greece43,942 → 36,183−7,759
Ecuador21,534 → 14,553−6,981

+ Nauru

+ Solomon Islands

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

− Grenada

− Saint Lucia

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

138 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published. 16 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2012). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2012

0626 held

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171 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions