Figures at a Glance
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Know Your Numbers
Facts and figures are vital to UNHCR for planning and preparedness. For example, when fighting in north-west Pakistan sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for safety in May 2009, the refugee agency needed to know how many people needed help, how much money and aid was needed to help them, and how many staff. Full-time statisticians in UNHCR's Field Information and Coordination Section keep track of the number of people of concern to the agency. These figures are released every June in the annual Global Trends report, while the Norwegian Refugee Council releases annual global figures for internally displaced people. Annual budget figures are compiled by the Donor Relations and Resource Mobilization service, while the Division of Human Resources Management keeps details on personnel.
Refugees
The latest figures available show that the number of refugees of concern to UNHCR stood at 10.5 million refugees at the beginning of 2011, down slightly from a year earlier.
IDP Figures
According to the latest figures released by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), there were 26 million IDPs around the world in 2008, unchanged from 2007.
Asylum-Seekers
UNHCR advocates fair and efficient procedures for asylum-seekers
Stateless People
A tough task determining the true number of stateless people.
In November 2011 to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the UN Statlessness Convention, UNHCR and Asylum Aid published a detailed report - Mapping Statelessness in the UK
UNHCR Figures
Annual budget hits a record US$3.32 billion in 2011.