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Missing migrants

The Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration records people who die or go missing on the way to another country. It counted at least 7,667 deaths and disappearances worldwide in 2025, about 21 a day. The figures are shown for the world, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, Asia and the Eastern Route, and the Americas.

  • Annual deaths and disappearances worldwide, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Annual deaths and disappearances worldwide, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Chart by Fix Planet from Missing Migrants Project data of the International Organization for Migration, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange, licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Dataset page: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/missing-migrants-project-data

    Worldwide · 2025

    Deaths and disappearances on migration routes

    At least 7,667 people died or went missing on migration routes worldwide in 2025, about 21 people a day, according to the Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration. The total for 2024, nearly 9,200, is the highest annual total the project has recorded.

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  • Annual deaths and disappearances in the Mediterranean, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Annual deaths and disappearances in the Mediterranean, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Chart by Fix Planet from Missing Migrants Project data of the International Organization for Migration, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange, licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Dataset page: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/missing-migrants-project-data

    Mediterranean · Sea routes

    Mediterranean deaths and disappearances

    At least 2,185 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean in 2025. Between the start of 2026 and 24 February the Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration recorded another 606, a number the organization described as unprecedented for the first two months of a year.

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  • Annual deaths and disappearances on the Western Africa Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Annual deaths and disappearances on the Western Africa Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Chart by Fix Planet from Missing Migrants Project data of the International Organization for Migration, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange, licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Dataset page: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/missing-migrants-project-data

    Atlantic · Canary Islands

    Western Africa Atlantic route

    The Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration recorded 1,214 deaths and disappearances in 2025 on the Atlantic route from Western Africa towards the Canary Islands. At least 730 more people were reported missing at sea on this crossing, and their deaths could not be verified.

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  • Annual deaths and disappearances in Southern, South-eastern, Eastern and Western Asia combined, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Annual deaths and disappearances in Southern, South-eastern, Eastern and Western Asia combined, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Chart by Fix Planet from Missing Migrants Project data of the International Organization for Migration, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange, licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Dataset page: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/missing-migrants-project-data

    Asia · Horn of Africa to Yemen

    Asia and the Eastern Route

    The Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration recorded more than 3,000 deaths during migration in Asia in 2025, with 1,540 Afghans among them. On the Eastern Route between the Horn of Africa and Yemen, 922 deaths were recorded, against 558 in 2024.

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  • Annual deaths and disappearances in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean combined, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Annual deaths and disappearances in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean combined, 2014 to 2025, drawn from the open Missing Migrants Project dataset as updated in late September 2026. Recent years are revised as late reports arrive, so the last bar can differ from the totals quoted in the text.

    Chart by Fix Planet from Missing Migrants Project data of the International Organization for Migration, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange, licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/). Dataset page: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/missing-migrants-project-data

    Americas · 2025

    Americas deaths and disappearances

    The Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration recorded 409 deaths in the Americas in 2025, the lowest annual total since it began collecting data in 2014. The figure may change before it is finalized in mid-2026, because reports from officials arrive late.

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