Data for 2025

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025

Name: Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025
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 2025, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025 covers 177 countries. United States is highest, at 3,718,945; 20 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 1,836. Against 2024, 149 values changed (85 up, 64 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum · Data for 2025

HighestUnited States

3,718,945

Lowest20 countries share it

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

177countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

United States`USA`Northern America	3,718,945
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	878,268
Peru`PER`South America	556,770
Canada`CAN`Northern America	314,475
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	297,503
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	248,715
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	234,144
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	218,646
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	178,212
Mexico`MEX`Central America	173,532
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	144,747
Brazil`BRA`South America	119,651
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	119,502
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	112,987
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	105,954
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	102,497
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	100,112
France`FRA`Western Europe	85,227
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82,925
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	82,358
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63,011
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	58,725
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50,147
Niger`NER`Western Africa	50,004
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49,662
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43,262
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	39,106
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35,249
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	33,728
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	31,928
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	30,261
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29,682
Uruguay`URY`South America	27,288
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25,702
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25,251
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	23,369
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23,366
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	23,162
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22,647
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	22,014
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18,972
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18,553
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18,192
Colombia`COL`South America	17,421
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17,039
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15,251
India`IND`Southern Asia	15,075
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15,033
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14,642
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13,848
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12,906
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11,947
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10,141
Chile`CHL`South America	9,561
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9,495
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9,371
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8,595
Ecuador`ECU`South America	8,571
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8,454
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8,177
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8,109
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8,068
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	7,617
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7,378
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6,280
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6,257
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5,523
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,697
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,661
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4,584
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4,282
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4,144
Panama`PAN`Central America	4,129
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4,088
Argentina`ARG`South America	3,941
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3,907
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,690
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3,511
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3,246
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3,238
Suriname`SUR`South America	3,191
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,121
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,050
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2,880
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2,738
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1,981
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,957
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1,879
Belize`BLZ`Central America	1,836
Paraguay`PRY`South America	1,659
Venezuela`VEN`South America	1,577
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,538
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1,470
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,466
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1,390
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,326
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1,317
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1,279
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1,029
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	998
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	993
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	976
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	942
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	725
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	722
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	660
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	611
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	594
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	509
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	487
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	482
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	475
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	443
Honduras`HND`Central America	441
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	434
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	414
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	382
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	328
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	322
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	321
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	316
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	302
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	288
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	271
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	233
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	202
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	199
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	175
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	172
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	164
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	163
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	156
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	153
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	141
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	134
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	122
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	92
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	67
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	42
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	40
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	37
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	31
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30
Guyana`GUY`South America	29
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	26
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	15
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	8
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	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 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United States3,718,945
Egypt878,268
Peru556,770
Canada314,475
Germany297,503

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,836. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −4countries joined / left
149values changed, of 176 in both
85 · 64rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

United States3,184,162 → 3,718,945+534,783
Egypt638,948 → 878,268+239,320
DR Congo1,041 → 100,112+99,071
Ethiopia63,055 → 112,987+49,932
Brazil74,018 → 119,651+45,633

Fell most

Mexico266,710 → 173,532−93,178
Pakistan198,852 → 119,502−79,350
Côte d’Ivoire66,799 → 8,177−58,622
Türkiye154,083 → 102,497−51,586
Germany348,903 → 297,503−51,400

+ Vanuatu

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Equatorial Guinea

− Palau

− Solomon Islands

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

156 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published. 20 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 (2025). Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/asylum-seekers-hosted/2025

0626 held

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Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, 2024
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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions