World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
2,694 (2025)
Earliest
130 (1972)
Highest
17,650 (2013)
Years reported
51 of 54 in the span
Member state
Panama at the United Nations
010,00020,0001972: 1301974: 1,1501977: 5001978: 1,0501979: 1,0701980: 3,3201981: 1,5001982: 1,8201983: 1,5001984: 1,5001985: 1,2001986: 1,2701987: 1,6001988: 1,9921989: 1,4511990: 1,3501991: 9141992: 1,0071993: 9641994: 9721995: 8671996: 8641997: 6181998: 1,1791999: 1,3152000: 1,3072001: 1,4712002: 1,5652003: 1,4362004: 1,5962005: 1,7172006: 1,8352007: 16,8772008: 16,9062009: 16,9172010: 17,0662011: 17,2492012: 17,4142013: 17,6502014: 17,2562015: 17,3042016: 17,3322017: 2,4172018: 2,5012019: 2,5362020: 2,5622021: 2,5422022: 2,5762023: 2,7242024: 2,6582025: 2,69419722025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1972–2025. 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 51 of the 54 years between 1972 and 2025 for Panama. The missing 3 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
20252,694
20242,658
20232,724
20222,576
20212,542
20202,562
20192,536
20182,501
20172,417
201617,332
201517,304
201417,256
201317,650
201217,414
201117,249
201017,066
200916,917
200816,906
200716,877
20061,835
20051,717
20041,596
20031,436
20021,565
20011,471
20001,307
19991,315
19981,179
1997618
1996864
1995867
1994972
1993964
19921,007
1991914
19901,350
19891,451
19881,992
19871,600
19861,270
19851,200
19841,500
19831,500
19821,820
19811,500
19803,320
19791,070
19781,050
1977500
19741,150
1972130

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