World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Botswana

Most recent
847 (2025)
Earliest
3,980 (1968)
Highest
23,290 (1979)
Years reported
58
Member state
Botswana at the United Nations
012,50025,0001968: 3,9801969: 3,6001970: 4,3601971: 8,8901972: 4,5001973: 4,5001974: 2,4801975: 2,4001976: 2,8401977: 4,8101978: 19,0001979: 23,2901980: 1,3001981: 1,2901982: 1,3001983: 4,6001984: 4,9701985: 5,6801986: 4,8301987: 5,3001988: 2,3251989: 1,2611990: 1,1781991: 1,0541992: 4971993: 5171994: 5031995: 2661996: 2111997: 2801998: 2,1331999: 1,2912000: 3,5492001: 3,5772002: 2,7982003: 2,8312004: 2,8312005: 3,1012006: 3,1542007: 2,4622008: 3,0202009: 3,0232010: 2,9832011: 3,3122012: 2,7842013: 2,7712014: 2,6422015: 2,1272016: 2,0902017: 2,1162018: 2,0442019: 1,1132020: 6172021: 6882022: 7332023: 7612024: 8162025: 84719682025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1968–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
2025847
2024816
2023761
2022733
2021688
2020617
20191,113
20182,044
20172,116
20162,090
20152,127
20142,642
20132,771
20122,784
20113,312
20102,983
20093,023
20083,020
20072,462
20063,154
20053,101
20042,831
20032,831
20022,798
20013,577
20003,549
19991,291
19982,133
1997280
1996211
1995266
1994503
1993517
1992497
19911,054
19901,178
19891,261
19882,325
19875,300
19864,830
19855,680
19844,970
19834,600
19821,300
19811,290
19801,300
197923,290
197819,000
19774,810
19762,840
19752,400
19742,480
19734,500
19724,500
19718,890
19704,360
19693,600
19683,980

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