Data for 2014

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2014

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2014
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 2014, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2014 covers 172 countries. South Africa is highest, at 463,909; 17 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 443. Against 2013, 155 values changed (105 up, 50 down), 3 countries joined, 2 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2014

HighestSouth Africa

463,909

Lowest17 countries share it

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

172countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	463,909
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	226,147
United States`USA`Northern America	187,815
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	106,357
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56,748
France`FRA`Western Europe	55,826
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51,217
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45,730
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	36,354
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35,468
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33,994
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31,898
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,200
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25,603
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	22,745
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21,462
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20,805
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18,776
Canada`CAN`Northern America	16,699
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15,664
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14,493
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13,316
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11,736
Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,583
Brazil`BRA`South America	11,200
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10,194
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9,943
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9,284
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9,262
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8,886
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8,667
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8,468
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,917
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7,508
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,435
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7,148
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6,914
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6,904
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6,735
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5,889
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5,558
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5,524
India`IND`Southern Asia	5,057
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4,864
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4,576
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,268
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,120
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	3,832
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3,470
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,192
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3,051
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,046
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2,911
Mexico`MEX`Central America	2,862
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,747
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,675
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,634
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2,436
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2,223
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,174
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,884
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,828
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1,793
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,751
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,734
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1,547
Panama`PAN`Central America	1,395
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,240
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,226
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,182
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,039
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	945
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	883
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	848
Argentina`ARG`South America	846
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	816
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	743
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	730
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	710
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	660
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	642
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	633
Chile`CHL`South America	571
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	482
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	459
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	447
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	439
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	417
Venezuela`VEN`South America	410
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	408
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	398
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	398
Peru`PER`South America	374
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	327
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	325
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	283
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	266
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	254
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	240
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	235
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	232
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	223
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	220
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	218
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	212
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	210
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	210
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	201
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	195
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	176
Colombia`COL`South America	154
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	139
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	134
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	130
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	128
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	123
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	115
Belize`BLZ`Central America	114
Niger`NER`Western Africa	103
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	97
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	92
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	80
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	70
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	68
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	66
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	61
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	59
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57
Uruguay`URY`South America	51
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	40
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	19
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14
Honduras`HND`Central America	14
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11
Paraguay`PRY`South America	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	5
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	5
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	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 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

South Africa463,909
Germany226,147
United States187,815
Türkiye106,357
Sweden56,748

Lowest

Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Timor-Lesteshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
El Salvadorshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 443. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −2countries joined / left
155values changed, of 169 in both
105 · 50rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

South Africa237,231 → 463,909+226,678
United States84,317 → 187,815+103,498
Germany135,515 → 226,147+90,632
Türkiye52,448 → 106,357+53,909
Italy13,635 → 45,730+32,095

Fell most

Kenya52,271 → 33,994−18,277
Greece49,800 → 31,898−17,902
Canada22,145 → 16,699−5,446
Burundi6,046 → 3,046−3,000
Central African Republic2,635 → 408−2,227

+ Cabo Verde

+ Singapore

+ Timor-Leste

− Haiti

− 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

147 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published. 17 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2014). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2014

0626 held

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2013
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175 countries
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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions