65.3 million

The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution in 2015

59.5 million

The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution in 2014

40.8 million

The number of people displaced internally within the borders of their own nation in 2015

1 in every 113

People were living as a refugee somewhere around the world in 2015

24

People were forced to flee their homes every minute in 2015, according to the UNHCR

4.9 million

Syrians are now living as refugees either outside of their nation, or are internally displaced

2.5 million

Refugees are living in Turkey, according to the latest data compiled by the UNHCR

86%

of refugees under UNHCR’s mandate in 2015 were in low- and middle-income countries

51%

of the world’s refugees were children in 2015, with many separated from their parents

15%

of the global resettlement needs to third-party countries were met in 2014

50,000

People have died in the past two decades trying to cross international borders