Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin was 0.2668 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 0.2668 for number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 107.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 0.2717 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2000.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 200th of 239 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0.038 | — |
| 2003 | 0.05 | +31.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0453 | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 0.1871 | +312.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1442 | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2717 | +88.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1739 | -36.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1216 | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1837 | +51.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1885 | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.2402 | +27.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1505 | -37.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1447 | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1285 | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1365 | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1477 | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1454 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1759 | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1778 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1571 | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2669 | +69.9% |
| 2023 | 0.214 | -19.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2587 | +20.9% |
| 2025 | 0.2668 | +3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +312.9% | 0.0453 | 0.1871 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1032 | 0 | 0.2717 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1642 | 0.1285 | 0.2402 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2235 | 0.1571 | 0.2669 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 197 Ireland 0.3391 compare
- 198 Austria 0.3072 compare
- 199 Mozambique 0.3031 compare
- 201 Republic of Korea 0.2284 compare
- 201 South Korea 0.2284 compare
- 203 Spain 0.1984 compare
More development goals data for Australia and New Zealand
- Red List Index 0.8229 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 3,093 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 272 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 246 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 20 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 23 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 143 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 182 (2025)
- Infant deaths 1,179 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 852 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand?
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin in Australia and New Zealand was 0.2668 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2717 in 2007.
- What is the lowest number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2000.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 200th out of 239 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per 100,000 population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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