UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Malawi: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum
35,241people · 2025+290.8% since 2015
Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Malawi from 1986 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35,241 | |
| 2024 | 35,510 | |
| 2023 | 35,201 | |
| 2022 | 35,162 | |
| 2021 | 21,529 | |
| 2020 | 14,892 | |
| 2019 | 14,087 | |
| 2018 | 13,783 | |
| 2017 | 8,977 | |
| 2016 | 9,386 | |
| 2015 | 9,018 | |
| 2014 | 5,871 | |
| 2013 | 5,794 | |
| 2012 | 6,546 | |
| 2011 | 6,306 | |
| 2010 | 5,738 | |
| 2009 | 5,436 | |
| 2008 | 4,174 | |
| 2007 | 2,927 | |
| 2006 | 3,943 | |
| 2005 | 4,241 | |
| 2004 | 3,682 | |
| 2003 | 3,208 | |
| 2002 | 2,170 | |
| 2001 | 6,200 | |
| 2000 | 3,900 | |
| 1999 | 1,692 | |
| 1998 | 1,241 | |
| 1997 | 278 | |
| 1996 | 1,267 | |
| 1995 | 1,018 | |
| 1994 | 90,242 | |
| 1993 | 713,605 | |
| 1992 | 1,058,498 | |
| 1991 | 981,812 | |
| 1990 | 926,725 | |
| 1989 | 822,503 | |
| 1988 | 628,133 | |
| 1987 | 401,640 | |
| 1986 | 100,000 |
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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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- 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
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- 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
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- 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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