World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: New Zealand
- Most recent
- 2,148 (2025)
- Earliest
- 3,000 (1967)
- Highest
- 17,310 (1992)
- Years reported
- 52 of 59 in the span
- Member state
- New Zealand at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 52 of the 59 years between 1967 and 2025 for New Zealand. The missing 7 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,148 |
| 2024 | 2,063 |
| 2023 | 1,837 |
| 2022 | 1,791 |
| 2021 | 1,794 |
| 2020 | 1,748 |
| 2019 | 1,709 |
| 2018 | 1,545 |
| 2017 | 1,465 |
| 2016 | 1,408 |
| 2015 | 1,313 |
| 2014 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 1,388 |
| 2012 | 1,504 |
| 2011 | 1,916 |
| 2010 | 2,298 |
| 2009 | 3,285 |
| 2008 | 2,702 |
| 2007 | 2,715 |
| 2006 | 4,878 |
| 2005 | 5,298 |
| 2004 | 5,334 |
| 2003 | 5,796 |
| 2002 | 5,760 |
| 2001 | 5,251 |
| 2000 | 4,919 |
| 1999 | 4,801 |
| 1998 | 4,099 |
| 1997 | 3,652 |
| 1996 | 3,790 |
| 1995 | 3,766 |
| 1994 | 3,668 |
| 1993 | 3,942 |
| 1992 | 17,310 |
| 1991 | 16,760 |
| 1990 | 4,666 |
| 1989 | 4,666 |
| 1988 | 4,150 |
| 1987 | 4,200 |
| 1986 | 4,400 |
| 1985 | 4,600 |
| 1984 | 4,500 |
| 1983 | 10,600 |
| 1982 | 10,600 |
| 1981 | 10,600 |
| 1980 | 10,000 |
| 1979 | 10,000 |
| 1978 | 10,000 |
| 1970 | 2,000 |
| 1969 | 2,000 |
| 1968 | 2,000 |
| 1967 | 3,000 |
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