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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
010,00020,0001967: 3,0001968: 2,0001969: 2,0001970: 2,0001978: 10,0001979: 10,0001980: 10,0001981: 10,6001982: 10,6001983: 10,6001984: 4,5001985: 4,6001986: 4,4001987: 4,2001988: 4,1501989: 4,6661990: 4,6661991: 16,7601992: 17,3101993: 3,9421994: 3,6681995: 3,7661996: 3,7901997: 3,6521998: 4,0991999: 4,8012000: 4,9192001: 5,2512002: 5,7602003: 5,7962004: 5,3342005: 5,2982006: 4,8782007: 2,7152008: 2,7022009: 3,2852010: 2,2982011: 1,9162012: 1,5042013: 1,3882014: 1,3422015: 1,3132016: 1,4082017: 1,4652018: 1,5452019: 1,7092020: 1,7482021: 1,7942022: 1,7912023: 1,8372024: 2,0632025: 2,14819672025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1967–2025. 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.

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

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
20252,148
20242,063
20231,837
20221,791
20211,794
20201,748
20191,709
20181,545
20171,465
20161,408
20151,313
20141,342
20131,388
20121,504
20111,916
20102,298
20093,285
20082,702
20072,715
20064,878
20055,298
20045,334
20035,796
20025,760
20015,251
20004,919
19994,801
19984,099
19973,652
19963,790
19953,766
19943,668
19933,942
199217,310
199116,760
19904,666
19894,666
19884,150
19874,200
19864,400
19854,600
19844,500
198310,600
198210,600
198110,600
198010,000
197910,000
197810,000
19702,000
19692,000
19682,000
19673,000

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