UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Ghana: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin
16,030people · 2025-30.2% since 2015
Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Ghana from 1961 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,030 | |
| 2024 | 15,078 | |
| 2023 | 13,870 | |
| 2022 | 14,949 | |
| 2021 | 14,251 | |
| 2020 | 13,844 | |
| 2019 | 18,432 | |
| 2018 | 18,071 | |
| 2017 | 16,959 | |
| 2016 | 15,527 | |
| 2015 | 22,962 | |
| 2014 | 22,116 | |
| 2013 | 21,048 | |
| 2012 | 24,269 | |
| 2011 | 20,333 | |
| 2010 | 20,175 | |
| 2009 | 14,876 | |
| 2008 | 13,225 | |
| 2007 | 5,042 | |
| 2006 | 9,949 | |
| 2005 | 18,421 | |
| 2004 | 14,759 | |
| 2003 | 15,866 | |
| 2002 | 15,675 | |
| 2001 | 14,547 | |
| 2000 | 14,760 | |
| 1999 | 13,288 | |
| 1998 | 13,625 | |
| 1997 | 14,772 | |
| 1996 | 15,100 | |
| 1995 | 13,594 | |
| 1994 | 14,284 | |
| 1993 | 4,471 | |
| 1992 | 4,776 | |
| 1991 | 4,702 | |
| 1990 | 4,690 | |
| 1989 | 4,716 | |
| 1988 | 4,769 | |
| 1987 | 3,916 | |
| 1986 | 2,699 | |
| 1985 | 3,195 | |
| 1984 | 2,202 | |
| 1983 | 1,958 | |
| 1982 | 310 | |
| 1966 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 5,000 | |
| 1964 | 5,000 | |
| 1963 | 5,000 | |
| 1962 | 5,000 | |
| 1961 | 5,000 |
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 origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
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- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- 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
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- 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
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
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- United Kingdom
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- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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