Refugees reporting mental health problems due to COVID worldwide 2020

A survey from 2020 of refugees and migrants around the world found that around 70 percent of those living in an asylum center felt more depressed since the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic shows the percentage of refugees and migrants worldwide identifying deterioration of mental health since the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2020, by housing condition.

Percentage of refugees and migrants worldwide identifying deterioration of mental health since the COVID-19 pandemic as of 2020, by housing condition

Characteristic	House/apartmen	Asylum centre	Refugee camp	On the streets- insecure
Depressed	59.1%	69.6%	43.4%	65.3%
Worry	58.6%	71.5%	46.2%	64.3%
Anxiety	56.4%	68.3%	43.5%	64.2%
Loneliness	52.5%	65.9%	41%	60.8%
Anger	45.2%	64.3%	42.5%	60.9%
Reminders	40.8%	57.7%	33.6%	54.1%
Physical stress reactions	39.5%	55.3%	33.9%	59.3%
Irritable	43.7%	58.5%	42.9%	52%
Hopelessness	45.4%	60.1%	40.6%	58.1%
Sleep problems	42%	54.2%	41.9%	51.9%
Drugs and alcohol	22.8%	33.2%	24.2%	46.8%

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April to October 2020

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

Survey respondents were refugees and migrants who lived in 170 countries and originated from 159 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Number of respondents for each issue: 15,278 depressed, 15,483 worry, 15,291 anxiety, 14,730 loneliness, 13,340 anger, 13,454 reminders, 12,344 physical stress reactions, 13,343 irritable, 13,314 hopelessness, 13,232 sleep problems, 8,915 drugs and alcohol (survey question used this term); number of participants differed by housing situation, e.g. for depression the numbers responding were 13,562 for house/apartment, 359 for asylum centre, 1,190 for refugee camp, 167 for on the streets or in insecure accommodation

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