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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2021

Figures for 2021, 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, 2021 covers 91 countries. Côte d’Ivoire is highest, at 931,166; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,669. Against 2020, 62 values changed (30 up, 32 down), 4 countries joined.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2021

HighestCôte d’Ivoire

931,166

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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 91 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2021: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa931,166
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia918,841
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia600,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia561,527
LatviaLVANorthern Europe195,354
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia112,420
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia75,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe70,594
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
UgandaUGAEastern Africa67,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe54,061
IraqIRQWestern Asia47,253
SwedenSWENorthern Europe46,933
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia37,993
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,933
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia35,475
GermanyDEUWestern Europe27,939
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
IndiaINDSouthern Asia20,154
KenyaKENEastern Africa16,779
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,643
South SudanSSDEastern Africa10,000
RwandaRWAEastern Africa9,500

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Côte d’Ivoire931,166
  2. Bangladesh918,841
  3. Myanmar600,000
  4. Thailand561,527
  5. Latvia195,354

Lowest

  1. Uruguayshared5
  2. Egyptshared5
  3. Ireland7
  4. Slovenia8
  5. Papua New Guinea10

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 62values changed, of 87 in both
  • 30 · 32rose · fell
  • 25unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Mongolia+ Rwanda+ Uganda+ Uruguay

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 87 distinct values among 91

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 115. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 91 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 (2021). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2021

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