UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Costa Rica: Other people in need of international protection, by country of asylum
19,120people · 2025
People outside their country who need international protection but are not reported as refugees or asylum-seekers. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 2019 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,120 | |
| 2024 | 13,283 | |
| 2023 | 18,448 | |
| 2022 | 16,598 | |
| 2021 | 21,766 | |
| 2020 | 22,401 | |
| 2019 | 20,828 |
Source
Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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UNHCR (2026). Other people in need of international protection, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-other-in-need-hosted (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Other people in need of international protection, by country of asylum in other countries
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Brazil
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Tajikistan
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkmenistan
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
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