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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016

Figures for 2016, 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, 2016 covers 72 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 925,939; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,318. Against 2015, 46 values changed (19 up, 27 down), 2 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2016

HighestMyanmar

925,939

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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 72 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia925,939
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa694,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia487,741
LatviaLVANorthern Europe242,736
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia93,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe90,771
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia86,524
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe82,585
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia48,200
SwedenSWENorthern Europe36,036
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,363
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,524
KenyaKENEastern Africa20,000
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia17,002
GermanyDEUWestern Europe12,017
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia10,931
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8,451
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7,610
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,182
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia5,744
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe4,921

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar925,939
  2. Côte d’Ivoire694,000
  3. Thailand487,741
  4. Latvia242,736
  5. Syria160,000

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared5
  2. Brazilshared5
  3. Colombia11
  4. Mexico13
  5. Portugalshared14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,318. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 72 in both
  • 19 · 27rose · fell
  • 26unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Dominican Republic− Zimbabwe

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 70 distinct values among 72

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 14. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 72 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

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2016). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2016

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