{
 "code": "LK.SOC.WDI.SM_POP_ASYS_EA.A",
 "name": "Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Number",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.SOC.WDI.SM_POP_ASYS_EA.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "2000", "value": 20, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 30, "status": null},
  {"period": "2002", "value": 13, "status": null},
  {"period": "2003", "value": 5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 48, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 117, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 130, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 196, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 389, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 338, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 134, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 198, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 255, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 1605, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 945, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 602, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 573, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 629, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 744, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 361, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 224, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 201, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 221, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 178, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 268, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 271, "status": null}
 ]
}