Key Data

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
Syracuse University
TRAC provides up-to-date U.S. immigration enforcement data compiled via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

International Migrant Stock
United Nations Population Division
Estimates of the number (or “stock”) of international migrants disaggregated by age, sex and country or area of origin based on national statistics.

UNHCR Global Trends Report
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides annual overview of forced displacement trends, including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people (IDPs), stateless people, and returnees.

UNHCR Global Trends Report Annex
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides comprehensive data on refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people (IDPs), stateless people, returnees, and others of concern.

UNHCR Operational Data Portal
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides interactive maps and country-level data related to ongoing displacement situations, including number of displaced and number of returnees.

Country Migration Data
The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)
Provides country-level data on the estimated number of immigrants and emigrants, their top destination countries, and the number of refugees within the population.

Bilateral Migration Matrix
The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)
Provides bilateral estimates of migrant stocks by source and destination country.

UNHCR Global Trends Report
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides annual overview and comprehensive data of forced displacement trends, including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people (IDPs), stateless people, and returnees.

UNHCR Global Trends Report Annex: Stateless People
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Provides data on stateless people under UNHCR's mandate by country of residence.

European Stateless Index
European Network on Statelessness (ENS)
A comparative tool that assesses European countries’ law, policy and practice on the protection of stateless people and the prevention and reduction of statelessness, against international norms and good practice.

Migrant Integration Policy Index
MIPEX
Tool that measures policies to integrate migrants in 56 countries based on 8 policy indicators.

Remittances Data
The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)
Provides country data on annual remittance inflows, outflows and the percentage make up of national GDP.

RemitSCOPE Africa
RemitSCOPE
Compiles and analyzes data on all 54 African countries providing multi-layered information on diaspora, remittances, regulation, access, market players and financial inclusion.

Human Development Index
UN Development Programme
A summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: health, education, and standard of living.

Commitment to Development Index
Center for Global Development (CGD)
Focuses on development “spillovers,” or policies that affect the development prospects of countries beyond one’s own borders, and it covers eight distinct policy areas: development finance, investment, migration, trade, environment, health, security, and technology.