Refuji Watch

Global Displacement Dashboard · UNHCR & OCHA FTS

117 million people are currently displaced worldwide.

Live data tracking refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people across 202 countries.

To understand the scale: larger than the UK and France combined. One in every 69 people on Earth has been forced from their home.

2018 → 2024 · ↑65.5%

Total Displaced

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people worldwide

Highest ever recorded — surpassing all previous UNHCR figures since tracking began in 1950

Share of global total100%

Refugees

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fled across borders

Recognised under international law and entitled to protection in host countries

Share of total displaced—

Asylum Seekers

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awaiting decisions

Applications pending in host countries — legal status not yet formally determined

Share of total displaced—

Internally Displaced

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within own country

Largest and fastest-growing group — displaced by conflict or disaster but unable to cross a border

Share of total displaced—

Origin countries — click any marker to explore Zoom & pan

2024

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Total displaced: — Refugees: — IDPs: —

Top origin countries

Top host countries

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Global displacement trend (millions)

Humanitarian funding gaps OCHA FTS

1 in 69

people on Earth forced from their home — the highest proportion since UNHCR began tracking in 1950.

+65.5%

increase since 2018 — displacement has nearly doubled in six years, driven by climate, conflict and instability.

83%

hosted by developing nations — Iran, Turkey and Colombia absorb most refugees despite limited resources.