World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
40,863 (2025)
Earliest
25,820 (1965)
Highest
650,695 (1995)
Years reported
61
Member state
Serbia at the United Nations
0500,0001,000,0001965: 25,8201966: 26,1001967: 26,2101968: 26,2701969: 26,1201970: 26,1201971: 24,0001972: 26,7001973: 26,2901974: 26,3001975: 26,3001976: 26,0001977: 2,0001978: 1,9701979: 1,9701980: 1,9701981: 1,9201982: 2,0301983: 2,0201984: 3,1501985: 3,5301986: 2,1801987: 1,4001988: 8501989: 9551990: 9201991: 5171992: 516,4301993: 479,1101994: 450,6941995: 650,6951996: 563,2101997: 550,0641998: 502,0351999: 501,2632000: 484,3902001: 400,3062002: 354,4002003: 291,3972004: 276,6772005: 148,2592006: 98,9952007: 97,9912008: 96,7352009: 86,3482010: 73,6042011: 70,7022012: 66,3672013: 57,0792014: 43,7492015: 35,3262016: 36,5172017: 32,2052018: 30,9442019: 26,4272020: 26,0852021: 25,6442022: 26,5212023: 29,3652024: 36,0682025: 40,86319652025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1965–2025. 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)
202540,863
202436,068
202329,365
202226,521
202125,644
202026,085
201926,427
201830,944
201732,205
201636,517
201535,326
201443,749
201357,079
201266,367
201170,702
201073,604
200986,348
200896,735
200797,991
200698,995
2005148,259
2004276,677
2003291,397
2002354,400
2001400,306
2000484,390
1999501,263
1998502,035
1997550,064
1996563,210
1995650,695
1994450,694
1993479,110
1992516,430
1991517
1990920
1989955
1988850
19871,400
19862,180
19853,530
19843,150
19832,020
19822,030
19811,920
19801,970
19791,970
19781,970
19772,000
197626,000
197526,300
197426,300
197326,290
197226,700
197124,000
197026,120
196926,120
196826,270
196726,210
196626,100
196525,820

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