Data for 2010

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2010

Name: Refugees by Country of Origin, 2010
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 2010, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Refugees by Country of Origin, 2010 covers 182 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 3,054,699; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 1,034. Against 2009, 168 values changed (93 up, 75 down), 1 left.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 2010

HighestAfghanistan

3,054,699

Lowest5 countries share it

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

182countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
169distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
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Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3,054,699
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,683,576
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	770,141
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	476,691
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	415,662
Colombia`COL`South America	395,579
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	387,265
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	338,707
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	222,457
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	184,601
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	183,284
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	164,902
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	146,785
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	141,064
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	134,851
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	115,519
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	111,944
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	93,312
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84,053
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	75,062
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	70,133
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	68,838
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68,785
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65,863
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62,996
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	53,713
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41,747
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39,979
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37,721
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25,886
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	25,102
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	24,080
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20,682
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20,175
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18,451
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18,308
India`IND`Southern Asia	17,766
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17,553
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16,882
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16,756
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16,308
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16,255
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15,864
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15,645
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14,952
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14,771
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11,978
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11,261
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	10,636
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10,046
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8,841
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	8,585
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8,412
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7,880
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7,460
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6,903
Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,809
Venezuela`VEN`South America	6,697
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6,665
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6,421
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6,204
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5,883
Peru`PER`South America	5,834
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5,735
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5,675
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	4,978
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,926
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,659
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3,631
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,243
United States`USA`Northern America	3,019
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,748
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,558
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2,297
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,276
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2,248
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2,233
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2,159
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,070
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1,849
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,758
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,720
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1,435
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,426
Honduras`HND`Central America	1,300
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1,290
Chile`CHL`South America	1,163
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,141
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,135
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,117
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,055
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1,013
Brazil`BRA`South America	991
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	986
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	963
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	946
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	915
Ecuador`ECU`South America	859
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	811
Niger`NER`Western Africa	794
Guyana`GUY`South America	746
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	723
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	712
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	659
Bolivia`BOL`South America	589
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	578
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	573
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	556
Argentina`ARG`South America	553
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	550
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	508
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	438
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	418
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	374
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	365
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	352
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	351
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	344
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	334
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	306
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	266
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	252
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	242
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	238
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	221
Uruguay`URY`South America	185
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	168
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	167
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	159
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	157
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	152
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	149
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	120
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	109
Panama`PAN`Central America	94
France`FRA`Western Europe	90
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	87
Canada`CAN`Northern America	86
Paraguay`PRY`South America	86
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	81
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	75
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	74
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	51
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	41
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	38
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	35
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	32
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	31
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	29
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	29
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	28
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25
Suriname`SUR`South America	24
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22
Belize`BLZ`Central America	21
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	16
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	10
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Afghanistan3,054,699
Iraq1,683,576
Somalia770,141
DR Congo476,691
Myanmar415,662

Lowest

Tongashared5
Maltashared5
Lesothoshared5
Icelandshared5
Andorrashared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,034. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
168values changed, of 182 in both
93 · 75rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan2,887,114 → 3,054,699+167,585
Somalia678,296 → 770,141+91,845
DR Congo455,852 → 476,691+20,839
Sudan368,178 → 387,265+19,087
Côte d’Ivoire23,148 → 41,747+18,599

Fell most

Iraq1,785,215 → 1,683,576−101,639
Bhutan89,064 → 75,062−14,002
Rwanda129,108 → 115,519−13,589
Serbia195,625 → 183,284−12,341
Croatia76,479 → 65,863−10,616

− Norway

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

169 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published. 5 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2010). Refugees by Country of Origin, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/2010

0634 held

Other years

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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2009
183 countries
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Refugees by Country of Origin, 2011
188 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

07Questions