Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Migration > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum > Per capita
DEFINITION:
Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organisation of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Chad | 32.69 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
2 | Djibouti | 18.23 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
3 | Kenya | 9.3 per 1,000 people | 2009 | ||
4 | The Gambia | 8.55 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
5 | Mauritania | 8.04 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
6 | Tanzania | 8.01 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
7 | Zambia | 7.15 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
8 | Gabon | 6.06 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
9 | Rwanda | 5.41 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
10 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.25 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
11 | Uganda | 5.17 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
12 | Sudan | 4.51 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
13 | Cameroon | 4.39 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
14 | Namibia | 3.25 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
15 | Liberia | 3.07 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
16 | Senegal | 2.58 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
17 | Burundi | 2.43 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.33 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
19 | Guinea | 2.19 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
20 | Central African Republic | 1.67 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
21 | Botswana | 1.64 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
22 | Togo | 1.6 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
23 | Sierra Leone | 1.24 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.23 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
25 | Ethiopia | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
26 | Mali | 0.933 per 1,000 people | 2009 | ||
27 | South Africa | 0.893 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
28 | Eritrea | 0.884 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
29 | Benin | 0.813 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
30 | Ghana | 0.779 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
31 | Swaziland | 0.687 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
32 | Zimbabwe | 0.306 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
33 | Malawi | 0.3 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
34 | Somalia | 0.193 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
35 | Mozambique | 0.149 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
36 | Nigeria | 0.069 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
37 | Burkina Faso | 0.036 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
38 | Niger | 0.024 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
39 | Lesotho | 0.022 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
40 | Mauritius | 0.012 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
41 | Cape Verde | 0.005 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
=42 | Comoros | 0.002 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
=42 | Madagascar | 0.002 per 1,000 people | 2001 |