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Eritrea: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

554,891people · 2025+36.2% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Eritrea from 1979 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025554,891
2024551,296
2023559,853
2022512,674
2021511,911
2020524,738
2019504,300
2018507,260
2017486,209
2016457,247
2015407,428
2014363,081
2013308,210
2012285,356
2011251,941
2010222,457
2009209,164
2008186,392
2007208,747
2006193,738
2005144,062
2004131,108
2003124,111
2002318,167
2001333,222
2000376,847
1999347,134
1998346,779
1997319,076
1996332,222
1995286,711
1994422,432
1993427,208
1992503,200
1991500,633
199043
198943
1988133
1987167
1986177
19851,385
19841,385
19831,385
19821,585
19811,542
1980542
1979400

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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