Indicator 10.7.4 Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin

Indicator 10.7.4: Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin

Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Definition:

The indicator is defined as the total count of population who have been recognized as refugees as a proportion of the total population of their country of origin, expressed per 100,000 population.

Refugees refers to persons recognized by the Government and/or UNHCR, those in a refugee-like situation and other persons in need of international protection.

Population refers to total resident population in a given country in a given year.

Concepts:

Refugees recognized by the Government and/or UNHCR include:

(a) persons recognized as refugees by Governments having ratified the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and/or its 1967 Protocol;

(b) persons recognized as refugees under the 1969 Organization of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa;

(c) those recognized in accordance with the principles enshrined in the Cartagena Declaration;

(d) persons recognized by UNHCR as refugees in accordance with its Statute (otherwise referred to as “mandate” refugees);

(e) those who have been granted a complementary form of protection (i.e. non-Convention);

(f) persons who have been granted temporary protection on a group basis;

Persons in a refugee-like situation refer to those outside their territory of origin who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but who, for practical or other reasons, have not been formally recognized or issued documentation to that effect.

Other persons in need of international protection are defined as people who are outside their country or territory of origin, typically because they have been forcibly displaced across international borders, who have not been reported under other categories (asylum-seekers, refugees, people in refugee-like situations) but who likely need international protection, including protection against forced return, as well as access to basic services on a temporary or longer-term basis.

Number of refugees per 100,000 population in country of origin

Two main sources exist at country level: a) administrative asylum systems; b) direct refugee registration databases. In cases where UNHCR performs refugee registration directly, operations provide data which is available with a highest degree of disaggregation. In cases where refugees go through a Refugee Status Determination (RSD) administrative procedure, data is collected by Governments in the biannual Population Statistics Review exercise facilitated by focal points in UNHCR country offices.

Population data are derived from annual estimates produced by the UN Population Division (2022 Revision of World Population Prospects, Total Population, both sexes). Estimates until 2020 and medium fertility variant projection for years thereafter.

Refugee data are sent to UNHCR Country Offices by member states, usually through national institutions responsible for data production in the area of refugee and asylum (National Statistical Offices, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, and Administrative Tribunals). Data obtained by UNHCR registration systems is provided directly by UNHCR country operations.

The estimates of the refugee population by country of origin are collected on a bi-annual basis by UNHCR during its annual and mid-year statistical reviews. Data is therefore already available and does not impose an additional burden on national statistical systems.

$\left[\frac{Number\mathrm{\ }of\mathrm{\ }refugees\mathrm{\ }by\mathrm{\ }country\mathrm{\ }of\mathrm{\ }origin\mathrm{\ }at\mathrm{\ }year-end}{\left(Year-end\mathrm{\ }population\mathrm{\ }in\mathrm{\ }country\mathrm{\ }of\mathrm{\ }origin\mathrm{\ }+number\mathrm{\ }of\mathrm{\ }refugees\mathrm{\ }by\mathrm{\ }country\mathrm{\ }of\mathrm{\ }origin\mathrm{\ }at\mathrm{\ }year-end\right)}\right]\times 100,000$

The indicator is presented as the number of refugees per 100,000 population in country of origin.

*For years where the number of refugee refers to the end-year figure (as of 31. December), the total population estimate as of 01. January the next year is applied. For years where the number of refugees refers to the mid-year figures (as of 30. June), the total population estimate as of 01. July is applied.

2023-12-15

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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