UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, provides comprehensive data and statistics on forced displacement, both regarding specific operations, the global situation and populations of forcibly displaced people. The material is available for staff, governments, partners, other humanitarian and development stakeholders, academia and the public. In addition, UNHCR publishes a number of reports – sometimes jointly with other organizations and partners – which are important tools in advocacy and awareness raising.
Statistical Resources and Data Portals
Global Trends Report
UNHCR’s annual statistical report on global forced displacement, providing figures and trends on refugees, internally displaced, asylum-seekers and stateless people.
Northern Europe Country Factsheets
Providing an overview on arrivals of asylum-seekers, the refugee situation as well as recent developments in the countries of Northern Europe (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway & Sweden).
Operational Data Portal
Providing data, information and continuous updates on operations and current emergencies.
Global Focus Portal
UNHCR’s main reporting portal for donors and other key partners, providing an overview of operations, activities and results.
Refugee statistics
UNHCR’s Population Statistics Database provides official and validated data about UNHCR’s populations of concern from 1951.
Resettlement Data Finder
Providing statistics on resettlement, including countries of origin, countries of asylum and countries of resettlement. The dataportal is updated monthly.
Reports
- UNHCR’s Global Report is published annually, providing a comprehensive overview of UNHCR’s operations, activities, expenditures and results
- UNHCR’s Global Appeal is published annually and presents UNHCR’s estimated financial needs in order to help and protect the persons of concern under its mandate
- Global Resettlement Needs – UNHCR publishes each year a report with the projected global needs for resettlement
- ”Coming Together for Refugee Education” is UNHCR’s latest report on refugee education (September 2020)
- The report ”Desperate Journeys” provides an overview on the situation in the Mediterranean Sea and arrivals to Europe (latest edition from October 2019)
- The UNHCR-Mixed Migration Center report “On this journey no one cares if you live or dies” looks at the abuse and protection along the routes from East and West Africa to the Mediterranean (from August 2020)
- “Families Together” is a UNHCR-report on family reunification for refugees in the European Union (from February 2019)
- ”This is our home” – a report providing key findings on the situation for – and the experiences stigmatization and persecution – of stateless minorities (November 2017)
- Factsheet on Refugee and Migrant Arrivals to Europe (2019)
- Factsheet on Resettlement to Europe (2019)
- Factsheet on Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe (2019), published jointly with IOM and UNICEF, providing statistics and trends on both accompanied, unaccompanied and separated minors, arriving in Europe.
- UNHCR’s Global Action Plan to End Statelessness, 2014-2024, 10 Actions which need to be undertaken to end statelessness by 2024.
Other Resources
Refworld
Compiling a comprehensive archive of legal documents and resources, historical and current, on protection, refugee- and displacement-related issues.
The 1951 Refugee Convention
Find the treaty, its protocol and additional information on the convention, which is the key legal document, forming the basis of UNHCR’s work.
Refugees Media
Providing photos and video material from refugee and displacement situations across the globe. The media library can be accessed and content downloaded by media and partners by creating a profile.
