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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2017

Figures for 2017, 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, 2017 covers 75 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 932,204; Slovenia is lowest, at 5. The middle country reads 1,951. Against 2016, 49 values changed (17 up, 32 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2017

HighestBangladesh

932,204

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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 75 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2017: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia932,204
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa692,000
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia621,514
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia486,440
LatviaLVANorthern Europe233,571
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia85,555
RussiaRUSEastern Europe82,148
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe80,314
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia47,630
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,294
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35,101
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia29,522
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,524
KenyaKENEastern Africa18,500
GermanyDEUWestern Europe13,458
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia10,500
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia10,068
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8,138
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7,990
BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,695
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,007

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh932,204
  2. Côte d’Ivoire692,000
  3. Myanmar621,514
  4. Thailand486,440
  5. Latvia233,571

Lowest

  1. Slovenia5
  2. Maltashared11
  3. Colombiashared11
  4. Mexico13
  5. Portugal14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,951. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 71 in both
  • 17 · 32rose · fell
  • 22unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Bangladesh+ Canada+ Malta− Egypt

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 74 distinct values among 75

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 11. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 75 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 (2017). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2017

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