Data for 2017

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2017

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2017
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 2017, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2017 covers 174 countries. United States is highest, at 642,719; 16 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 663. Against 2016, 158 values changed (104 up, 54 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2017

HighestUnited States

642,719

Lowest16 countries share it

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

174countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	642,719
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	429,265
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	308,838
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	191,333
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	186,645
Brazil`BRA`South America	85,739
France`FRA`Western Europe	63,115
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	56,557
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56,499
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56,279
Canada`CAN`Northern America	51,859
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	51,588
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48,029
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47,509
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44,635
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	44,188
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44,172
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	43,809
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	40,354
Peru`PER`South America	37,728
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	35,650
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34,866
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	31,204
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,131
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29,704
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25,987
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	23,728
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18,795
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	18,760
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18,212
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18,098
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15,321
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14,706
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	13,035
Ecuador`ECU`South America	11,895
India`IND`Southern Asia	10,508
Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,357
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9,763
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9,559
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9,357
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8,650
Chile`CHL`South America	8,462
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8,392
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7,428
Panama`PAN`Central America	7,289
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7,092
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6,353
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6,210
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5,991
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5,818
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,765
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5,216
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4,675
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4,229
Argentina`ARG`South America	4,111
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,016
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,551
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,487
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3,368
Belize`BLZ`Central America	3,120
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,101
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2,952
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2,878
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,712
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,593
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,168
Uruguay`URY`South America	2,089
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,050
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,046
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,975
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,895
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,889
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,882
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,514
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1,495
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,349
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,303
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	948
Venezuela`VEN`South America	904
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	850
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	807
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	799
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	746
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	744
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	729
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	691
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	666
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	660
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	629
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	571
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	554
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	544
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	530
Colombia`COL`South America	525
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	440
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	438
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	407
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	406
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	398
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	391
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	368
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	327
Niger`NER`Western Africa	278
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	273
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	264
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	262
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	249
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	223
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	215
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	210
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	207
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	173
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	148
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	147
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	141
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	126
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	124
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	123
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	115
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	111
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	108
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	107
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	82
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	79
Paraguay`PRY`South America	69
Suriname`SUR`South America	67
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	65
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	62
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	57
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36
Bolivia`BOL`South America	34
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	28
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11
Honduras`HND`Central America	11
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States642,719
Germany429,265
Türkiye308,838
South Africa191,333
Italy186,645

Lowest

Samoashared0
Vietnamshared0
Uzbekistanshared0
Turkmenistanshared0
Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 663. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
158values changed, of 173 in both
104 · 54rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

United States439,864 → 642,719+202,855
Italy99,896 → 186,645+86,749
Türkiye245,926 → 308,838+62,912
Brazil35,451 → 85,739+50,288
Tanzania8,539 → 44,172+35,633

Fell most

Germany587,306 → 429,265−158,041
Sweden83,040 → 51,588−31,452
South Africa218,275 → 191,333−26,942
Austria76,382 → 56,279−20,103
Bulgaria16,030 → 2,712−13,318

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Micronesia

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

147 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published. 16 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2017). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2017

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2016
175 countries
The year after ›
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2018
176 countries
All of them
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum: every year
26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions