World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Benin
- Most recent
- 16,974 (2025)
- Earliest
- 1,100 (1969)
- Highest
- 156,239 (1993)
- Years reported
- 44 of 57 in the span
- Member state
- Benin at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 44 of the 57 years between 1969 and 2025 for Benin. The missing 13 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,974 |
| 2024 | 16,232 |
| 2023 | 2,825 |
| 2022 | 1,779 |
| 2021 | 1,736 |
| 2020 | 1,396 |
| 2019 | 1,238 |
| 2018 | 1,167 |
| 2017 | 1,056 |
| 2016 | 804 |
| 2015 | 526 |
| 2014 | 414 |
| 2013 | 190 |
| 2012 | 4,960 |
| 2011 | 7,213 |
| 2010 | 7,136 |
| 2009 | 7,204 |
| 2008 | 6,927 |
| 2007 | 7,611 |
| 2006 | 10,785 |
| 2005 | 30,288 |
| 2004 | 4,800 |
| 2003 | 5,032 |
| 2002 | 5,014 |
| 2001 | 4,794 |
| 2000 | 4,290 |
| 1999 | 3,652 |
| 1998 | 2,898 |
| 1997 | 2,914 |
| 1996 | 5,961 |
| 1995 | 23,843 |
| 1994 | 70,403 |
| 1993 | 156,239 |
| 1992 | 293 |
| 1991 | 456 |
| 1990 | 456 |
| 1989 | 858 |
| 1988 | 1,176 |
| 1987 | 3,050 |
| 1986 | 3,740 |
| 1985 | 3,700 |
| 1984 | 800 |
| 1983 | 50 |
| 1969 | 1,100 |
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