Data for 2022

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2022

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2022
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 2022, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2022 covers 177 countries. United States is highest, at 1,798,790; 22 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,172. Against 2021, 153 values changed (85 up, 68 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2022

HighestUnited States

1,798,790

Lowest22 countries share it

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

177countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	1,798,790
Peru`PER`South America	537,461
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	272,336
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	261,019
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	239,640
Mexico`MEX`Central America	210,609
Brazil`BRA`South America	206,764
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	167,289
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	134,580
Canada`CAN`Northern America	113,066
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	90,549
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84,316
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	79,979
France`FRA`Western Europe	75,047
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	69,011
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	63,881
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53,087
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47,433
Niger`NER`Western Africa	46,705
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45,177
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42,509
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	41,810
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38,277
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	36,497
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32,166
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31,830
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	31,594
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,268
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28,745
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25,919
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,166
Colombia`COL`South America	22,675
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22,139
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21,263
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20,369
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18,578
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	18,356
Uruguay`URY`South America	16,479
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	15,952
India`IND`Southern Asia	15,794
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15,108
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14,904
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14,469
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13,225
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12,473
Chile`CHL`South America	11,896
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11,670
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,165
Argentina`ARG`South America	11,100
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10,621
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10,159
Ecuador`ECU`South America	9,754
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9,247
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9,174
Panama`PAN`Central America	8,475
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,995
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7,110
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6,046
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,630
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5,538
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,389
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,953
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,950
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,941
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,646
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,620
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3,561
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3,313
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,303
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,020
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2,889
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2,776
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,774
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2,615
Suriname`SUR`South America	2,546
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2,517
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2,512
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,214
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2,175
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,147
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2,137
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2,070
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,982
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,623
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1,519
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,460
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1,200
Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,200
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,172
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,113
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,066
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,045
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,030
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	986
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	981
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	976
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	968
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	960
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	926
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	880
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	840
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	821
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	785
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	780
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	669
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	639
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	631
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	580
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	576
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	573
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	551
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	502
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	495
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	491
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	478
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	470
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	421
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	288
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	260
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	249
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	242
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	221
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	218
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	198
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	191
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	167
Guyana`GUY`South America	163
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	154
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	152
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	140
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	124
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	122
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	122
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	114
Honduras`HND`Central America	107
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	104
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	75
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	66
Bolivia`BOL`South America	61
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	34
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	22
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	6
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	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 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States1,798,790
Peru537,461
Türkiye272,336
Germany261,019
Costa Rica239,640

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,172. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
153values changed, of 176 in both
85 · 68rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

United States1,303,181 → 1,798,790+495,609
Costa Rica152,507 → 239,640+87,133
United Kingdom104,897 → 167,289+62,392
Mexico157,150 → 210,609+53,459
Canada63,144 → 113,066+49,922

Fell most

South Africa167,411 → 84,316−83,095
Türkiye304,970 → 272,336−32,634
Greece37,047 → 22,139−14,908
Uganda43,388 → 32,166−11,222
Malawi30,904 → 21,263−9,641

+ Antigua and Barbuda

− Barbados

− Mauritius

− 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

153 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published. 22 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2022). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2022

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2021
179 countries
The year after ›
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2023
177 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