World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: South Korea
- Most recent
- 4,407 (2025)
- Earliest
- 70 (1978)
- Highest
- 4,407 (2025)
- Years reported
- 40 of 48 in the span
- Member state
- South Korea at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 40 of the 48 years between 1978 and 2025 for South Korea. The missing 8 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,407 |
| 2024 | 4,241 |
| 2023 | 4,053 |
| 2022 | 3,825 |
| 2021 | 3,559 |
| 2020 | 3,443 |
| 2019 | 3,196 |
| 2018 | 2,890 |
| 2017 | 2,238 |
| 2016 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 1,455 |
| 2014 | 1,164 |
| 2013 | 548 |
| 2012 | 488 |
| 2011 | 389 |
| 2010 | 352 |
| 2009 | 253 |
| 2008 | 162 |
| 2007 | 108 |
| 2006 | 90 |
| 2005 | 61 |
| 2004 | 37 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1992 | 149 |
| 1991 | 162 |
| 1990 | 230 |
| 1989 | 230 |
| 1988 | 120 |
| 1987 | 60 |
| 1982 | 70 |
| 1981 | 60 |
| 1979 | 170 |
| 1978 | 70 |
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