Effective date: 01/07/2026
Disclaimers
The United Nations and UNHCR disclaim any liability or responsibility arising from the use of the Refugee Data Portal website or the Content of the Refugee Data Portal website. The United Nations, UNHCR, members of their staff, and their contractors, shall not be liable for any financial or other consequences whatsoever arising from the use of the Content of the UNHCR website, including the inappropriate, improper, or fraudulent use of such Content.
The Portal, including all datasets, visualizations, maps, statistics, analyses, reports, and related content, is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. While UNHCR endeavors to ensure that information made available through the Portal is accurate and up to date, no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, availability, or fitness for a particular purpose of any content made available through the Portal.
The Portal is provided for informational and research purposes only. Users are solely responsible for evaluating the suitability of any information, statistics, datasets, visualizations, analyses, or derived outputs for their intended use.
Refugee and displacement statistics may be revised, corrected, reclassified, delayed, updated, or withdrawn without notice. Users should review accompanying metadata, methodological notes, and documentation before relying on any data for operational, legal, policy, commercial, or research purposes.
UNHCR shall not be liable for interruptions, delays, errors, omissions, temporary unavailability, or discontinuation of the Portal or any part thereof.
Geographic data
The depiction of boundaries, names, geographic areas, or territorial designations on maps or visualizations does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or UNHCR concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, area, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.
Link to other websites
This website may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of UNHCR, and UNHCR is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. UNHCR provides these links only for research purposes, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not constitute endorsement, approval, recommendation or validation by UNHCR of the linked website, its operators, products, services or content.
Data terms and conditions of usage
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
Except where otherwise indicated, the datasets made available by UNHCR on the Refugee Data Portal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License.
CC BY 4.0 Deed | CC BY 4.0 Legal
Users reusing datasets must provide appropriate attribution to UNHCR in accordance with the requirements of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and must indicate whether changes have been made.
Users must not represent modified, adapted, transformed, enriched, or derived datasets as official UNHCR information, nor imply that UNHCR has endorsed, approved, sponsored, or reviewed any modified or derivative work.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the Creative Commons license applies only to datasets made available through the Portal. The UNHCR name, emblem, logos, trademarks, website design elements, software, and other proprietary materials, including those of third parties or UNHCR partners, remain protected and are not licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License.
Responsible use of data
Users shall not attempt to identify, re-identify, profile, track, or otherwise determine the identity of any individual represented in, associated with, or potentially inferable from Portal data.
Users shall not combine Portal datasets with other datasets or information sources for the purpose of identifying individuals, households, vulnerable populations, or protected groups.
Users are responsible for ensuring that their use of Portal data complies with all applicable laws, regulations, ethical standards, and professional obligations.
API terms of service
Access to and use of any Refugee Data Portal API is subject to these Terms and Conditions.
UNHCR may establish authentication requirements, usage quotas, rate limits, technical restrictions, or access controls for APIs at its sole discretion.
Users shall not:
- Circumvent API rate limits or technical controls
- Use APIs in a manner that degrades service performance
- Attempt unauthorized access to systems or data
- Use APIs for unlawful, harmful, deceptive, or abusive purposes
UNHCR reserves the right to limit, suspend, modify, discontinue, or terminate API access at any time without prior notice.
UNHCR does not guarantee uninterrupted availability, compatibility, support, maintenance, or future versions of any API.
Acceptable use of the Portal
Users shall not:
- Introduce malware, malicious code, viruses, or other harmful technologies
- Attempt unauthorized access to systems, infrastructure, accounts, or data
- Interfere with or disrupt the operation, security, availability, or integrity of the Portal
- Conduct unauthorized vulnerability testing, penetration testing, or security scanning
- Circumvent access controls, technical restrictions, or security measures
- Use the Portal in a manner that imposes an unreasonable burden on infrastructure or services
Changes to these terms
UNHCR reserves the right to modify, update, suspend, discontinue, restrict, or remove any part of the Portal, its datasets, services, APIs, or these Terms and Conditions at any time. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Reservation of privileges and immunities
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall constitute or be deemed a limitation upon, waiver of, or surrender of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations or UNHCR, which are specifically reserved.
Contact information
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