Top five locations of forced migrant mortality per year (2014–2018)
| Year | Location | Number of deaths, N (%) |
| 2014 | Open water | 938 (54) |
| Mexico | 265 (15) | |
| Uganda | 251 (15) | |
| USA | 287 (9) | |
| Mozambique | 17 (1) | |
| 2015 | Open water | 1847 (46) |
| Libya | 751 (19) | |
| USA | 293 (7) | |
| Mexico | 136 (3) | |
| Malaysia | 130 (3) | |
| 2016 | Open water | 1043 (26) |
| Libya | 846 (21) | |
| Sudan | 532 (13) | |
| Mexico | 294 (7) | |
| USA | 254 (6) | |
| 2017 | Open water | 951 (26) |
| Libya | 726 (20) | |
| Sudan | 421 (12) | |
| USA | 289 (8) | |
| Niger | 268 (7) | |
| 2018 | Open water | 1067 (38) |
| Libya | 369 (13) | |
| USA | 297 (10) | |
| Sudan | 182 (6) | |
| Mexico | 143 (5) |