Data Insights

The following collection of stories and visualisations explain and summarise the data in the refugee data finder.

Compares the categorisation of forcibly displaced people with the population UNHCR protects and/or assists.
Explainer18 June 2021
Nowcasting estimates produced for the previous month on a rolling basis.
Dataset24 October 2023
Interactive maps showing the number of people in each population groups that UNHCR protects and/or assists.
Report annex24 October 2023
Annexes showing the number of people in each population group that UNHCR protects and/or assists.
Report annex24 October 2023
Three facts about refugee host countries have remained relatively consistent over time.
Explainer24 October 2023
A new dataset recording the number of people forced to flee during each year since 1962.
Dataset16 June 2022
Five common mistakes when using UNHCR's official population statistics and how to avoid them.
Explainer14 June 2023
Tips and examples for how to use the application programming interface (API) in UNHCR's Refugee Data Finder.
Explainer14 June 2023
An overview of how to use the refugees r package, including three commonly used vignettes.
Explainer03 August 2023
Global forcibly displaced and stateless population statistics.
Dashboard21 July 2023
Estimates of the number of children born as refugees by imputing missing birth data between 2018 and 2022.
Modelling16 June 2022
Visualisations of forcibly displaced population statistics for situations in the Americas.
Dashboard18 June 2021