Data for 2002

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002
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 2002, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002 covers 186 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 2,510,294; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 822. Against 2001, 168 values changed (140 up, 28 down), 7 countries joined.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2002

HighestAfghanistan

2,510,294

Lowest9 countries share it

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

186countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
159distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2,510,294
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	574,552
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	508,863
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	435,415
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	432,304
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	428,775
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	422,504
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	421,355
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	406,456
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	373,732
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	327,582
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	318,167
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	275,414
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	274,822
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	260,217
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	193,697
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	148,493
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	141,473
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	138,362
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	133,240
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	132,099
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	112,524
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	91,625
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	85,258
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	75,251
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	63,264
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	61,235
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47,340
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45,606
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	40,414
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33,451
Colombia`COL`South America	30,624
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30,130
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28,097
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27,994
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26,313
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25,368
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24,559
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23,731
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23,164
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18,908
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18,035
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	16,970
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16,713
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15,675
India`IND`Southern Asia	14,349
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13,892
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13,244
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12,088
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12,069
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11,233
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10,758
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10,441
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10,121
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9,907
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	8,842
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	8,102
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7,722
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6,985
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6,882
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6,630
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,442
Peru`PER`South America	6,431
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6,366
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	6,317
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5,804
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5,228
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4,049
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4,024
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3,515
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3,417
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3,089
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,080
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,952
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,843
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,543
Chile`CHL`South America	1,705
Mexico`MEX`Central America	1,668
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,595
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,443
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1,365
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,298
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1,280
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,266
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,071
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1,058
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	978
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	970
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	924
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	899
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	858
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	853
Niger`NER`Western Africa	829
Ecuador`ECU`South America	815
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	797
Argentina`ARG`South America	764
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	705
Honduras`HND`Central America	675
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	596
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	578
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	561
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	549
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	525
Venezuela`VEN`South America	525
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	470
Brazil`BRA`South America	438
United States`USA`Northern America	383
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	342
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	296
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	277
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	271
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	256
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	244
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	228
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	223
Bolivia`BOL`South America	215
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	158
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	147
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	129
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	117
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	104
Suriname`SUR`South America	101
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97
France`FRA`Western Europe	92
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	81
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	73
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60
Uruguay`URY`South America	60
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	55
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	55
Canada`CAN`Northern America	52
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52
Guyana`GUY`South America	50
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	48
Panama`PAN`Central America	44
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	43
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	40
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	32
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	29
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	27
Paraguay`PRY`South America	26
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	19
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	13
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	12
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	9
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	7
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	6
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	6
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	5
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	5
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	5
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan2,510,294
Burundi574,552
Sudan508,863
Angola435,415
Somalia432,304

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 822. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 179 in both
140 · 28rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Serbia144,231 → 327,582+183,351
Türkiye47,085 → 193,697+146,612
Palestine349,158 → 428,775+79,617
Ukraine26,712 → 85,258+58,546
Russia45,154 → 91,625+46,471

Fell most

Afghanistan3,809,763 → 2,510,294−1,299,469
Iraq530,508 → 422,504−108,004
Timor-Leste73,042 → 28,097−44,945
Bosnia and Herzegovina447,326 → 406,456−40,870
Sierra Leone179,097 → 141,473−37,624

+ Micronesia

+ Gibraltar

+ Iceland

+ Saint Kitts and Nevis

+ Norway

+ San Marino

+ Turks and Caicos 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

159 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 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 (2002). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2002

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Other years

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2001
179 countries
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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2003
185 countries
All of them
Refugees by Country of Origin: every year
34 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

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