Data for 2023

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2023

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2023
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 2023, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2023 covers 177 countries. United States is highest, at 2,601,468; 22 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,839. Against 2022, 147 values changed (92 up, 55 down), 5 countries joined, 5 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2023

HighestUnited States

2,601,468

Lowest22 countries share it

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

177countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	2,601,468
Peru`PER`South America	508,429
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	361,493
Mexico`MEX`Central America	257,396
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	232,244
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	222,069
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	204,270
Canada`CAN`Northern America	197,961
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	193,718
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	152,942
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	146,922
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	138,156
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86,911
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82,625
France`FRA`Western Europe	79,642
Brazil`BRA`South America	68,101
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	63,747
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61,648
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	54,837
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48,571
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	44,600
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	43,915
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40,143
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	39,775
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39,510
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	38,039
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37,657
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	37,460
Niger`NER`Western Africa	35,570
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34,170
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	32,687
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32,506
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31,664
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,268
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28,617
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26,738
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	25,464
Uruguay`URY`South America	24,173
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23,916
Colombia`COL`South America	23,842
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22,250
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20,500
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	18,884
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18,438
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17,695
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15,259
Chile`CHL`South America	12,694
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12,660
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12,586
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12,451
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11,941
India`IND`Southern Asia	11,926
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11,340
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11,271
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11,093
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10,288
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10,133
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8,442
Panama`PAN`Central America	8,419
Ecuador`ECU`South America	7,700
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,614
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7,410
Argentina`ARG`South America	7,129
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7,044
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	6,989
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	6,585
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5,927
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5,549
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,967
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,916
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4,871
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,861
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,400
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4,209
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,185
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,945
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	3,793
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,745
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,601
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,298
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,106
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2,850
Suriname`SUR`South America	2,609
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2,356
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2,270
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,051
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,978
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,973
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,839
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,772
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1,674
Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,598
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1,597
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,578
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1,387
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1,267
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1,239
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,203
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,146
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1,143
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1,068
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1,051
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,029
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	938
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	891
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	879
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	815
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	770
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	699
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	618
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	615
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	556
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	552
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	498
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	476
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	446
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	421
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	405
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	363
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	346
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	333
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	300
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	273
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	263
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	250
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	178
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	174
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	168
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	163
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	140
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	128
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	124
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	122
Honduras`HND`Central America	101
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	93
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	81
Bolivia`BOL`South America	76
Guyana`GUY`South America	55
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	13
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	10
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	5
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`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 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States2,601,468
Peru508,429
Germany361,493
Mexico257,396
Egypt232,244

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,839. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −5countries joined / left
147values changed, of 172 in both
92 · 55rose · fell
25unchanged

Rose most

United States1,798,790 → 2,601,468+802,678
Egypt63,881 → 232,244+168,363
Germany261,019 → 361,493+100,474
Canada113,066 → 197,961+84,895
Kenya69,011 → 152,942+83,931

Fell most

Brazil206,764 → 68,101−138,663
Türkiye272,336 → 222,069−50,267
Costa Rica239,640 → 193,718−45,922
United Kingdom167,289 → 138,156−29,133
Peru537,461 → 508,429−29,032

+ Barbados

+ Haiti

+ Saint Lucia

+ Mauritius

+ Vanuatu

− Anguilla

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Grenada

− Jamaica

− Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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

152 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 (2023). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2023

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2022
177 countries
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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2024
180 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