World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
1.01047e+06 (2025)
Earliest
20,000 (1968)
Highest
1.01047e+06 (2025)
Years reported
58
Member state
Ethiopia at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001968: 20,0001969: 20,0001970: 21,0001971: 22,7301972: 16,2001973: 5,4001974: 5,9101975: 11,1501976: 10,6901977: 10,9401978: 10,9301979: 10,9301980: 10,9301981: 5,4501982: 5,5501983: 31,3701984: 180,4801985: 180,4001986: 132,4001987: 310,5001988: 679,5321989: 710,1661990: 773,7641991: 529,6201992: 431,8241993: 272,6321994: 348,0741995: 393,4791996: 390,5281997: 323,0641998: 262,1581999: 257,6832000: 197,9602001: 152,5542002: 132,9392003: 130,2742004: 115,9792005: 100,8132006: 96,9752007: 85,1792008: 83,5732009: 121,8802010: 154,2882011: 288,8392012: 376,3882013: 433,9332014: 659,5202015: 736,0812016: 791,6312017: 889,4122018: 903,2262019: 733,1232020: 800,4542021: 821,2832022: 879,5982023: 979,8462024: 1,008,8262025: 1,010,46619682025
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)
20251.01047e+06
20241.00883e+06
2023979,846
2022879,598
2021821,283
2020800,454
2019733,123
2018903,226
2017889,412
2016791,631
2015736,081
2014659,520
2013433,933
2012376,388
2011288,839
2010154,288
2009121,880
200883,573
200785,179
200696,975
2005100,813
2004115,979
2003130,274
2002132,939
2001152,554
2000197,960
1999257,683
1998262,158
1997323,064
1996390,528
1995393,479
1994348,074
1993272,632
1992431,824
1991529,620
1990773,764
1989710,166
1988679,532
1987310,500
1986132,400
1985180,400
1984180,480
198331,370
19825,550
19815,450
198010,930
197910,930
197810,930
197710,940
197610,690
197511,150
19745,910
19735,400
197216,200
197122,730
197021,000
196920,000
196820,000

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