1. MigrationVenezuela, South Sudan and Syria

   Most refugees abroad per 1,000 residents at home

   Venezuela — 226.5 per 1,000, South Sudan — 195.8 per 1,000, Syria — 189.9 per 1,000, Eritrea — 153.8 per 1,000, Ukraine — 134 per 1,000. Refugees from the country per 1,000 of its people, latest year (UNRWA refugees not included); countries above one million people.

   Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder; population: UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Venezuela: once more foreign-born lived here than natives abroad; now 8.33M natives live abroad
• Venezuela: 77% are online, but only 26% have toilet waste that is safely treated
• Syria: once more foreign-born lived here than natives abroad; now 8.93M natives live abroad
• Venezuela: the share going hungry jumped from under 2.5% to 24%, then fell again
• Syria: 43% fewer babies in 2018 than before the war; 3% more in countries without war
• South Sudan: 3.17M natives live abroad, 3.5 times as many as the foreign-born living there

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