UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
South Africa: Asylum-seekers, by country of asylum
82,358people · 2025-92.5% since 2015
People in the country whose claim for asylum has not yet been decided. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82,358 | |
| 2024 | 100,313 | |
| 2023 | 86,911 | |
| 2022 | 84,316 | |
| 2021 | 167,411 | |
| 2020 | 173,461 | |
| 2019 | 188,235 | |
| 2018 | 184,193 | |
| 2017 | 191,333 | |
| 2016 | 218,275 | |
| 2015 | 1,096,021 | |
| 2014 | 463,909 | |
| 2013 | 237,231 | |
| 2012 | 230,420 | |
| 2011 | 219,341 | |
| 2010 | 171,702 | |
| 2009 | 309,794 | |
| 2008 | 227,124 | |
| 2007 | 170,864 | |
| 2006 | 131,107 | |
| 2005 | 140,095 | |
| 2004 | 115,224 | |
| 2003 | 84,089 | |
| 2002 | 52,447 | |
| 2001 | 11,413 | |
| 2000 | 15,139 |
Source
Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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UNHCR (2026). Asylum-seekers, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-asylum-seekers-hosted (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Asylum-seekers, by country of asylum in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Virgin Islands, British
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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