It is the largest refugee hosting country in Africa and one of the top five in the world.  According to the United Nations High Commissioner (UNHCR)/OPM data, by 31st March 2019, Uganda was host to 1,239,912 refugees, which is a 3% reduction from the October 2017 status. The majority of which were from South Sudan (65.2%) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (26.8%) and the rest from Burundi (3.1%), Somalia (2.3%), Rwanda (1.2%), Eritrea (0.9%), Sudan (0.2%), Ethiopia (0.2%) and others (0.1%).  As of March 31st 2019, 65% of the refugees were settled in the 6 selected project areas of Yumbe, Adjumani, Arua, Moyo, Kiryandongo and Lamwo, which are among the most remote and least developed districts in the country besides hosting a large number of refugees.