World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: South Africa
- Most recent
- 55,177 (2025)
- Earliest
- 250,000 (1993)
- Highest
- 250,000 (1993)
- Years reported
- 33
- Member state
- South Africa at the United Nations
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 55,177 |
| 2024 | 71,171 |
| 2023 | 67,145 |
| 2022 | 66,596 |
| 2021 | 75,512 |
| 2020 | 76,729 |
| 2019 | 78,395 |
| 2018 | 89,285 |
| 2017 | 88,694 |
| 2016 | 91,018 |
| 2015 | 121,635 |
| 2014 | 112,182 |
| 2013 | 65,976 |
| 2012 | 65,225 |
| 2011 | 57,899 |
| 2010 | 57,899 |
| 2009 | 47,972 |
| 2008 | 43,542 |
| 2007 | 36,732 |
| 2006 | 35,086 |
| 2005 | 29,716 |
| 2004 | 27,675 |
| 2003 | 26,552 |
| 2002 | 23,336 |
| 2001 | 18,594 |
| 2000 | 15,058 |
| 1999 | 14,539 |
| 1998 | 8,387 |
| 1997 | 6,816 |
| 1996 | 22,645 |
| 1995 | 101,408 |
| 1994 | 91,894 |
| 1993 | 250,000 |
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