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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2014

Figures for 2014, 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, 2014 covers 71 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 810,000; Slovenia is lowest, at 5. The middle country reads 1,997. Against 2013, 38 values changed (18 up, 20 down), 4 countries joined.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2014

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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 71 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2014: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia810,000
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa700,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia506,197
LatviaLVANorthern Europe262,802
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean210,000
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia120,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe113,474
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia93,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe88,076
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia86,703
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia40,000
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,335
SwedenSWENorthern Europe27,167
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,524
KenyaKENEastern Africa20,000
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia12,133
GermanyDEUWestern Europe11,917
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11,000
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia7,511
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe7,443
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7,038
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,440

02In 2014

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. Latvia262,802
  5. Dominican Republic210,000

Lowest

  1. Slovenia5
  2. Israel10
  3. Colombia12
  4. Mexico13
  5. Portugal14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,997. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 38values changed, of 67 in both
  • 18 · 20rose · fell
  • 29unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Bulgaria+ Cabo Verde+ Costa Rica+ Uzbekistan

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 69 distinct values among 71

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 1,200. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 71 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 (2014). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2014

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