Variable: Refugee population by country or territory of origin

QoG Code: (wdi_refori)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization 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 origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Migration


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 188
Basic time-series: 195
Standard cross-section: 188
Standard time-series: 195
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 38

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1961-2022
Basic time-series: 1961-2022
OECD time-series: 1965-2022

This variable has information for these countries:

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