UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Malawi: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin
551people · 2025+28.4% since 2015
Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Malawi from 1966 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 551 | |
| 2024 | 570 | |
| 2023 | 531 | |
| 2022 | 499 | |
| 2021 | 513 | |
| 2020 | 514 | |
| 2019 | 514 | |
| 2018 | 472 | |
| 2017 | 434 | |
| 2016 | 427 | |
| 2015 | 429 | |
| 2014 | 356 | |
| 2013 | 323 | |
| 2012 | 273 | |
| 2011 | 216 | |
| 2010 | 168 | |
| 2009 | 126 | |
| 2008 | 103 | |
| 2007 | 93 | |
| 2006 | 112 | |
| 2005 | 98 | |
| 2004 | 95 | |
| 2003 | 60 | |
| 2002 | 48 | |
| 2001 | 26 | |
| 2000 | 34 | |
| 1999 | 34 | |
| 1998 | 27 | |
| 1997 | 37 | |
| 1996 | 40 | |
| 1995 | 37 | |
| 1994 | 60 | |
| 1993 | 43 | |
| 1992 | 50 | |
| 1991 | 50 | |
| 1990 | 55 | |
| 1989 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1987 | 450 | |
| 1986 | 440 | |
| 1985 | 450 | |
| 1984 | 440 | |
| 1983 | 440 | |
| 1982 | 240 | |
| 1981 | 70 | |
| 1980 | 420 | |
| 1979 | 460 | |
| 1978 | 310 | |
| 1977 | 1,050 | |
| 1976 | 60 | |
| 1975 | 30,350 | |
| 1974 | 80 | |
| 1973 | 100 | |
| 1972 | 250 | |
| 1971 | 250 | |
| 1970 | 250 | |
| 1969 | 190 | |
| 1968 | 140 | |
| 1967 | 300 | |
| 1966 | 150 |
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.
Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- 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
- Ghana
- 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
- 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
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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