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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2017 by province

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Refugee returnees to Afghanistan in 2017 JSON 
58,752
Last updated 09 Dec 2017
Source - UNHCR 
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by age and gender JSON 
Source - UNHCR
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by year JSON 
Refugee returnees to Afghanistan by province JSON 
Location name Source Data date Population
Badakhshan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.1% 		71
Badghis UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.0% 		28
Baghlan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  4.1% 		2,413
Balkh UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  2.5% 		1,490
Bamyan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.2% 		106
Daykundi UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.0% 		22
Farah UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.3% 		176
Faryab UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.0% 		597
Ghazni UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.7% 		398
Ghor UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.0% 		11
Helmand UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.3% 		748
Herat UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.1% 		635
Jowzjan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  2.0% 		1,170
Kabul UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  23.8% 		13,969
Kandahar UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  2.2% 		1,297
Kapisa UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.1% 		74
Khost UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.0% 		612
Kunar UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  2.5% 		1,497
Kunduz UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  8.5% 		4,980
Laghman UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  3.5% 		2,066
Logar UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  8.0% 		4,680
Maidan Wardak UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.8% 		444
Nangarhar UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  22.0% 		12,906
Nimruz UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.1% 		68
Nuristan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.0% 		21
Paktia UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  4.4% 		2,606
Paktika UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.7% 		410
Panjshir UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.1% 		31
Parwan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.3% 		777
Samangan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.2% 		138
Sar-e Pol UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  5.9% 		3,458
Takhar UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  1.0% 		605
Urozgan UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.1% 		84
Zabul UNHCR, Government 16 Dec 2017
  0.3% 		164


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    Donor Relations corcoran@unhcr.org
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    Data mazurenk@unhcr.org
      Afghanistan
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Kabul
    Languages
    ps, uz, tk
    Population
    26,023,100
    Area
    N/A
    GDP
    N/A
    GDP growth
    N/A
    Income level
    N/A
    Gini index
    27.8
    Currency
    AFN
    Literacy rate
    N/A
    Afghanistan Funding (2017)
    $137,700,000
    Total appeal
    Date of Funding Data 27 October 2017 (1 month ago)
    Refugees in Afghanistan JSON 
    74,314
    Last updated 16 Dec 2017
    Source - UNHCR 
    Refugees in Afghanistan by province JSON 
    Location name Source Data date Population
    Khost UNHCR 16 Dec 2017
      51.6%     		38,365
    Paktika UNHCR 16 Dec 2017
      48.4%     		35,949


    Refugees demographic breakdown JSON 
    Source - UNHCR, Government
    New IDPs in Afghanistan in 2017 JSON 
    403,341
    Last updated 09 Dec 2017
    Source - OCHA 
    IDPs in Afghanistan by year JSON 
    IDPs displaced by month JSON 
    IDPs by province JSON 
    Location name Source Data date Population
    Badakhshan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.5%     		10,261
    Badghis OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      6.5%     		26,086
    Baghlan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      5.2%     		21,175
    Balkh OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.1%     		8,664
    Bamyan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.0%     		28
    Daykundi OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.1%     		324
    Farah OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.5%     		10,136
    Faryab OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      5.2%     		21,022
    Ghazni OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.6%     		6,447
    Ghor OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      3.7%     		14,833
    Helmand OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.8%     		11,396
    Herat OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      3.9%     		15,684
    Jowzjan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.1%     		8,309
    Kabul OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.7%     		6,667
    Kandahar OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      4.1%     		16,482
    Kapisa OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.7%     		2,772
    Khost OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.6%     		2,618
    Kunar OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.9%     		11,823
    Kunduz OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      9.1%     		36,666
    Laghman OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.1%     		4,492
    Logar OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.6%     		2,429
    Maidan Wardak OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.1%     		4,354
    Nangarhar OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      24.4%     		98,450
    Nimruz OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.1%     		211
    Nuristan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.1%     		352
    Paktia OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.7%     		6,867
    Paktika OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.4%     		1,498
    Panjshir OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.1%     		378
    Parwan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      1.1%     		4,450
    Samangan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      0.6%     		2,425
    Sar-e Pol OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.4%     		9,652
    Takhar OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.0%     		8,083
    Urozgan OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      4.5%     		18,144
    Zabul OCHA 16 Dec 2017
      2.5%     		10,163


      Highlights
    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank signed a data sharing agreement. This will strengthen existing data collection processes and enhance technical capacity for a comprehensive analysis of the return process and how best to support the reintegration of returnees over time.
    05 Nov 2017
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      Links
    Afghanistan Shelter Cluster
    Global Shelter Cluster Afghanistan page
    Global Protection Cluster | Afghanistan
    The Global Protection Cluster coordinates and provides global level inter-agency policy advice and guidance on the implementation of the cluster approach to Protection Clusters in the field, supports protection responses in non-refugee situation humanitarian action as well as leads standard and policy setting relating to protection in complex and natural disaster humanitarian emergencies, in particular with regard to the protection of internally displaced persons.
    HDX | OCHA Afghanistan
    OCHA Afghanistan on HDX
    HDX | UNHCR Afghanistan
    UNHCR Afghanistan on HDX
    HR.info – Afghanistan Protection Cluster page
    humanitarianresponse.info
    UNHCR Global Focus - Afghanistan
    Global Focus is UNHCR’s main operational reporting portal for donors and other key partners. This site provides an overview of the protection risks that refugees and other populations of concern to UNHCR face across the world, as well as regularly updated information about the organization’s programmes, operations, financial requirements, funding levels and donor contributions.
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