The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
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Updated
19 June 2020
| Dataset date: June 18, 2020-June 18, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
This dataset contains 22 data tables on global trends in forced displacement in 2019. The data provide trends, national level summaries and the demographic composition of refugees, asylum-seekers, Venezuelans displaced abroad, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
Updated
18 December 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 2017-January 01, 2017
This data is by request only
The UNHCR Livelihoods Monitoring Framework is designed to promote a standardized approach to tracking program performance and impact across countries. The data and the key analysis is available for UNHCR - and externally - financed programs across three primary focus areas – agriculture, self-employment and wage-employment – in terms of assets, employment, market access and more.
For more data and analysis, visit at:
Integrated Refugee and Forcibly Displaced Livelihoods Information System
Updated
18 December 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 2017-January 01, 2017
This data is by request only
The UNHCR Energy Monitoring Framework is designed to promote a standardized approach to tracking program performance and impact across countries. The data and the key analysis is available for UNHCR - and externally - financed programs across 2 primary focus areas – sustainable fuel and cook stoves, and household and community lighting – in terms of distribution, utilization, maintenance and more.
For more data and analysis, visit at:
Integrated Refugee and Forcibly Displaced Energy Information System
Updated
10 November 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 1975-December 01, 2012
This dataset updates: Never
The UNHCR Refugee Population statistics are compiled and curated at headquarters-level and released yearly at the same time of the UNHCR Statistical Yearbooks. This is a subset of the data only with refugees from Colombia. The full dataset is available here.
This dataset contains refugee population statistics from 1975 until 2012.
Updated
10 November 2019
| Dataset date: April 26, 2017-April 26, 2017
This dataset updates: Every year
Master list of names and codes for individual commodities and commodity groups as used by UNHCR, available to other humanitarian actors for applications such as market or needs assessments.
Updated
10 November 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 2015-December 31, 2015
This dataset updates: Never
2015 UNHCR Refugees statistics by Country of Asylum broken down by Country of Origin
Figures between 1 and 4 are redacted for Refugees protection reasons
Updated
10 November 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 1975-December 01, 2012
This dataset updates: Every year
The UNHCR Refugee Population statistics are compiled and curated at headquarters-level and released yearly at the same time of the UNHCR Statistical Yearbooks. This is a subset of the data only with refugees from Kenya. The full dataset is available here.
This dataset contains refugee population statistics from 1975 until 2012.
Updated
10 November 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 1975-December 01, 2012
This dataset updates: Every year
The UNHCR Refugee Population statistics are compiled and curated at headquarters-level and released yearly at the same time of the UNHCR Statistical Yearbooks. This is a subset of the data only with refugees from Yemen. The full dataset is available here.
This dataset contains refugee population statistics from 1975 until 2012.
Updated
28 June 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 2018-December 31, 2018
This dataset updates: Never
This dataset contains 29 data tables on global trends in forced displacement in 2018. The data provide trends, national and sometimes sub-national levels and demographic composition on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
Updated
20 March 2019
| Dataset date: January 01, 2018-June 30, 2018
This dataset updates: Never
This dataset contains 9 data tables on global trends in forced displacement during the first half of 2018. The data provide stocks and flows on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR. The data are presented at the national level.
Updated
5 July 2018
| Dataset date: January 01, 2017-December 31, 2017
This dataset updates: Never
This dataset contains 29 data tables on global trends in forced displacement in 2017. The data provide trends and national and sometimes sub-national levels on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
Updated
20 June 2017
| Dataset date: January 01, 2016-December 31, 2016
This dataset updates: Never
This dataset contains 29 data tables on global trends in forced displacement in 2016. The data provide trends and national and sometimes sub-national levels on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
Updated
17 July 2016
| Dataset date: January 01, 2001-December 31, 2014
This dataset updates: Never
This dataset contains data from UNHCR's comprehensive annual statistical yearbooks. The yearbooks are a rigorous review of refugee figures on that year. It also contains reviews on figures about asylum seekers, IDPs, and other population groups.
Original reports are also available on UNHCR's Statistical Yearbook website.
Updated
24 November 2015
| Dataset date: January 01, 2014-December 31, 2014
This dataset updates: Never
The Asylum Trends 2014 statistics provides the estimated number of new asylum applications lodged in industrialized countries throughout the year.
The 2014 figure is the highest since 1992, at the beginning of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
