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Data and analysis

Good decision-making relies on credible, timely data.

UNHCR is enhancing the availability and quality of data and evidence on refugees, displaced persons, stateless populations, and host communities to optimize resource distribution and develop evidence-based policies.
Bangladesh. Joint initiative to enhance KoBoToolbox for data collection and analysis in displacement.
UNHCR and its partners actively collect and analyze socioeconomic data to inform responses that enhance protection, inclusion and solutions for forcibly displaced persons.

Our efforts are concentrated in forced displacement settings with identified knowledge gaps and high demand for data and evidence, supporting effective engagement with government officials and development partners.

Our priorities include:

  • Promote the inclusion of forcibly displaced persons in national surveys, including those that measure poverty;
  • Generate socioeconomic data and evidence and increase their systemic use to better inform programming, policy and advocacy;
  • Leverage data and evidence as entry points to build for more sustainable support to displaced populations;
  • Identify critical knowledge gaps and strengthen analytical initiatives with development partners and researchers to fill these gaps for policymaking and programming.
For more information regarding UNHCR’s socioeconomic research on forcibly displaced populations, please email Craig Loschman at [email protected] and Ibrahima Sarr at [email protected].

Latest publications

A view of Mbera Malian refugee camp in Mauritania, with tents spread across arid ground.
Policy brief: Rapid needs assessment supports Mauritania's development and humanitarian actors' response to the fast-changing humanitarian crisis.
A woman in a restaurant holds a tray of food.
After two years of war in Ukraine, a UNHCR-Deloitte study examines the economic impact of Ukrainian refugees on Poland’s labour supply, productivity, and GDP.
Kenya. Marking 10 years of the iBelong Campaign.
As more countries address statelessness, Kenya’s experience offers valuable lessons. From Stateless to Citizens: the Journey of the Shona Community in Kenya looks at the transformative impact of citizenship.
Socioeconomic research, analytical notes and policy briefs on forced displacement
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  • Using cross-survey imputation to estimate poverty for Venezuelan refugees in Colombia – Working paper
  • A critical assessment of the labour-based regularization programme (PEPFF) of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia – Policy brief
  • Violence-driven displacement in Mexico: Why including IDPs in national statistics is necessary to inform a protection-based response – Report
  • Socioeconomic integration of forcibly displaced populations in Latin America and the Caribbean – Note – Video 
  • What does the evidence say about IDPs in Colombia? – Evidence bulletin #1 – September 2023
  • Impact of Venezuelan flow on Roraima State in Brazil – Implications for public policy
  • Integration of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil – Research paper – Blog post – Socioeconomic indicators dashboard (Portuguese)
  • Assessment of datasets in Colombia available for research – Data mapping
Asia and the Pacific
East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes
Europe
  • Analysis of the impact of refugees from Ukraine on the economy of Poland – March 2024
  • The Role of Housing Support and Employment Facilitation in Economic Vulnerability of Refugees from Ukraine – Analytical brief
Middle East and North Africa
  • Socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on forcibly displaced populations in LebanonMicrodata
West and Central Africa
  • Understanding the socio-economic profile of refugee arrivals in Mauritania since 2023: Analysis of UNHCR and WFP data on Malian refugees living in Mauritania (October 2024) – Policy brief
  • Reaching the poorest refugees in Niger – Evaluation of food and cash distribution 
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UNHCR Microdata library

The library shares microdata on forcibly displaced and stateless people collected through census, registration/administrative exercises and surveys.

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Global Data Service

We work with data and statistics, which help us to understand important information to save, protect and improve lives.

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Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement

We are working to enhance the ability of stakeholders to make timely and evidence-informed decisions that improve the lives of affected people.

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Building the evidence on forced displacement

This research joint partnership aims to contribute to expanding high-quality and policy-relevant research on forced displacement. 

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