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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many people living in each country are recognised as a national by no state, as reported to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, under its mandate to identify and protect stateless people. Without a nationality, people can be shut out of schooling, work, health care and the vote.

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 covers 67 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 808,075; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,300. Against 2011, 40 values changed (19 up, 21 down), 7 countries joined, 2 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2012

HighestMyanmar

808,075

Lowest2 countries share it

5

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 67 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia808,075
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa700,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia506,197
LatviaLVANorthern Europe280,759
SyriaSYRWestern Asia221,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe178,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia120,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe94,235
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia93,000
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia40,001
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,000
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia21,009
KenyaKENEastern Africa20,000
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia15,473
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11,500
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
SwedenSWENorthern Europe9,596
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia8,947
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe8,500
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe7,443
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,969
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia6,935
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6,015
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,683

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar808,075
  2. Côte d’Ivoire700,000
  3. Thailand506,197
  4. Latvia280,759
  5. Syria221,000

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared5
  2. Liechtensteinshared5
  3. Mexico7
  4. Colombia12
  5. Israel14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,300. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +7 / −2countries joined / left
  • 40values changed, of 60 in both
  • 19 · 21rose · fell
  • 20unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Czechia+ Ireland+ Liechtenstein+ Philippines+ Slovenia− Nepal− Panama

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 66 distinct values among 67

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 67 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2012). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2012

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