In 2023, it was estimated that around 6,800 migrants, including refugees and asylum-seekers, died or went missing worldwide in the process of migration. This was slightly lower than the previous year.
Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024
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Missing Migrants Project. (January 22, 2024). Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/
Missing Migrants Project. "Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024." Chart. January 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/
Missing Migrants Project. (2024). Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/
Missing Migrants Project. "Number of Migrants Who Died or Went Missing Worldwide from 2014 to January 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/
Missing Migrants Project, Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Number of migrants who died or went missing worldwide from 2014 to January 2024 [Graph], Missing Migrants Project, January 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1446259/number-migrant-deaths-worldwide/
