What we count
The number of new applications from people seeking international protection in another country and awaiting assessment.
Asylum applications submitted this year
Asylum applications submitted worldwide so far this year, based on UNHCR's latest global total, and why an application is not the same as refugee status.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
7,508,630,137cargo loaded for maritime transport this year
943,232,877international tourist arrivals this year
What lies behind this number
The number of new applications from people seeking international protection in another country and awaiting assessment.
How the source derives it
UNHCR combines government reporting and its operational data into internationally comparable asylum-application statistics.
What one number cannot show
An application is not a decision or a count of refugees. Applications may cover family members and decisions can arrive much later.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value reported by UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 2025 for 2025.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the calendar year.
Annual value2,800,000applications
- Period
- 2025
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 2025
How the number is calculated
We distribute the latest published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value2,800,0002025 · applications
Average per day7,666even annual distribution
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 2025 reports the annual value used by the calculation for 2025.
Elapsed share
We calculate the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the calendar year. The counter restarts at the beginning of a new year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 2025 and refers to 2025. It is the latest value published by this source. UNHCR combines government reporting and its operational data into internationally comparable asylum-application statistics.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 2025
- Data period
- 2025
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation