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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2013

Figures for 2013, 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, 2013 covers 67 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 810,000; Slovenia is lowest, at 5. The middle country reads 2,029. Against 2012, 41 values changed (17 up, 24 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2013

HighestMyanmar

810,000

LowestSlovenia

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia810,000
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa700,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia506,197
LatviaLVANorthern Europe267,789
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean210,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe178,000
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia120,000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia93,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe91,281
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia40,000
UkraineUKREastern Europe33,271
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,524
SwedenSWENorthern Europe20,450
KenyaKENEastern Africa20,000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe11,709
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia11,425
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11,000
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia8,320
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe7,443
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia6,942
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,712
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia6,015

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar810,000
  2. Côte d’Ivoire700,000
  3. Thailand506,197
  4. Latvia267,789
  5. Dominican Republic210,000

Lowest

  1. Slovenia5
  2. Colombia12
  3. Mexico13
  4. Israel14
  5. Mongolia16

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,029. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 41values changed, of 66 in both
  • 17 · 24rose · fell
  • 25unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Dominican Republic− Liechtenstein

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 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

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2013). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2013

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