Brazil vs India: Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per)
Brazil
2.19 per 100,000 people
in 2025
India
1.97 per 100,000 people
in 2025
Brazil rank
164th
India rank
166th
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per) over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 2.19 per 100,000 people against 1.97 per 100,000 people in India, a difference of 0.22 per 100,000 people.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 164th and India ranks 166th of 241 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3604 per 100,000 people | 1.36 per 100,000 people | 0.9998 per 100,000 people | India |
| 2010s | 0.4985 per 100,000 people | 0.8835 per 100,000 people | 0.385 per 100,000 people | India |
| 2020s | 1.56 per 100,000 people | 1.63 per 100,000 people | 0.0688 per 100,000 people | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin, Brazil or India?
- Brazil, at 2.19 per 100,000 people against 1.97 per 100,000 people in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin between Brazil and India?
- 0.22 per 100,000 people, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin?
- Brazil ranks 164th and India ranks 166th of 241 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.