UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Ethiopia: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum
1.01Mpeople · 2025+37.3% since 2015
Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Ethiopia from 1968 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,010,466 | |
| 2024 | 1,008,826 | |
| 2023 | 979,846 | |
| 2022 | 879,598 | |
| 2021 | 821,283 | |
| 2020 | 800,454 | |
| 2019 | 733,123 | |
| 2018 | 903,226 | |
| 2017 | 889,412 | |
| 2016 | 791,631 | |
| 2015 | 736,081 | |
| 2014 | 659,520 | |
| 2013 | 433,933 | |
| 2012 | 376,388 | |
| 2011 | 288,839 | |
| 2010 | 154,288 | |
| 2009 | 121,880 | |
| 2008 | 83,573 | |
| 2007 | 85,179 | |
| 2006 | 96,975 | |
| 2005 | 100,813 | |
| 2004 | 115,979 | |
| 2003 | 130,274 | |
| 2002 | 132,939 | |
| 2001 | 152,554 | |
| 2000 | 197,960 | |
| 1999 | 257,683 | |
| 1998 | 262,158 | |
| 1997 | 323,064 | |
| 1996 | 390,528 | |
| 1995 | 393,479 | |
| 1994 | 348,074 | |
| 1993 | 272,632 | |
| 1992 | 431,824 | |
| 1991 | 529,620 | |
| 1990 | 773,764 | |
| 1989 | 710,166 | |
| 1988 | 679,532 | |
| 1987 | 310,500 | |
| 1986 | 132,400 | |
| 1985 | 180,400 | |
| 1984 | 180,480 | |
| 1983 | 31,370 | |
| 1982 | 5,550 | |
| 1981 | 5,450 | |
| 1980 | 10,930 | |
| 1979 | 10,930 | |
| 1978 | 10,930 | |
| 1977 | 10,940 | |
| 1976 | 10,690 | |
| 1975 | 11,150 | |
| 1974 | 5,910 | |
| 1973 | 5,400 | |
| 1972 | 16,200 | |
| 1971 | 22,730 | |
| 1970 | 21,000 | |
| 1969 | 20,000 | |
| 1968 | 20,000 |
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 asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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- Chile
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- Colombia
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- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
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- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
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- Nauru
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- Netherlands
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- Nicaragua
- Niger
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- Norway
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- Pakistan
- Palau
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- Paraguay
- Peru
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- Poland
- Portugal
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- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
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- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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