World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
278,966 (2025)
Earliest
40,000 (1969)
Highest
278,966 (2025)
Years reported
57
Member state
Brazil at the United Nations
0250,000500,0001969: 40,0001970: 40,0001971: 38,0001972: 37,0001973: 35,2001974: 34,0001975: 32,0001976: 30,0001977: 36,0001978: 35,0001979: 25,0001980: 24,0001981: 24,0001982: 5,4001983: 5,4001984: 5,3001985: 5,3001986: 5,3001987: 5,2801988: 5,3321989: 5,3311990: 5,3351991: 5,3891992: 5,4391993: 6,1981994: 2,2231995: 2,0501996: 2,2121997: 2,2601998: 2,3451999: 2,3742000: 2,7182001: 2,8772002: 3,1762003: 3,1902004: 3,3332005: 3,4462006: 3,4782007: 20,7642008: 3,8312009: 4,2182010: 4,3462011: 4,4662012: 4,6812013: 5,1852014: 7,4782015: 8,7032016: 9,6742017: 10,2602018: 11,3042019: 32,8442020: 59,0922021: 61,9562022: 67,5222023: 235,7652024: 257,0792025: 278,96619692025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1969–2025. 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)
2025278,966
2024257,079
2023235,765
202267,522
202161,956
202059,092
201932,844
201811,304
201710,260
20169,674
20158,703
20147,478
20135,185
20124,681
20114,466
20104,346
20094,218
20083,831
200720,764
20063,478
20053,446
20043,333
20033,190
20023,176
20012,877
20002,718
19992,374
19982,345
19972,260
19962,212
19952,050
19942,223
19936,198
19925,439
19915,389
19905,335
19895,331
19885,332
19875,280
19865,300
19855,300
19845,300
19835,400
19825,400
198124,000
198024,000
197925,000
197835,000
197736,000
197630,000
197532,000
197434,000
197335,200
197237,000
197138,000
197040,000
196940,000

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