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Switzerland: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum

208,287people · 2025+184.1% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Switzerland from 1951 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025208,287
2024196,167
2023192,507
2022182,474
2021118,829
2020115,798
2019110,162
2018104,011
201793,030
201682,668
201573,326
201462,596
201352,448
201250,733
201150,401
201048,813
200946,204
200846,131
200745,642
200648,508
200548,010
200447,654
200350,126
200254,081
200158,471
200057,624
199982,273
199881,875
199783,205
199684,413
199582,943
199475,295
199356,586
199251,930
199145,622
199040,943
198936,763
198831,949
198731,707
198631,343
198530,726
198431,201
198332,312
198233,404
198140,000
198032,000
197930,000
197830,000
197730,000
197635,000
197535,000
197435,000
197335,000
197235,000
197130,000
197031,000
196930,000
196826,000
196721,000
196620,500
196520,000
196420,000
196320,000
196220,000
196120,000
196020,000
195920,000
195820,000
195720,500
195620,700
19559,200
19549,400
19539,500
19529,800
195110,000

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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