World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Costa Rica
- Most recent
- 36,395 (2025)
- Earliest
- 700 (1972)
- Highest
- 278,800 (1988)
- Years reported
- 51 of 54 in the span
- Member state
- Costa Rica at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 51 of the 54 years between 1972 and 2025 for Costa Rica. The missing 3 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,395 |
| 2024 | 31,632 |
| 2023 | 23,422 |
| 2022 | 14,088 |
| 2021 | 10,224 |
| 2020 | 9,593 |
| 2019 | 6,204 |
| 2018 | 4,531 |
| 2017 | 4,479 |
| 2016 | 4,162 |
| 2015 | 3,603 |
| 2014 | 20,726 |
| 2013 | 20,554 |
| 2012 | 20,435 |
| 2011 | 20,044 |
| 2010 | 19,486 |
| 2009 | 19,101 |
| 2008 | 18,119 |
| 2007 | 17,176 |
| 2006 | 11,515 |
| 2005 | 11,253 |
| 2004 | 10,413 |
| 2003 | 13,508 |
| 2002 | 12,433 |
| 2001 | 8,104 |
| 2000 | 5,519 |
| 1999 | 22,903 |
| 1998 | 22,986 |
| 1997 | 23,114 |
| 1996 | 23,176 |
| 1995 | 24,226 |
| 1994 | 24,630 |
| 1993 | 24,834 |
| 1992 | 114,392 |
| 1991 | 117,492 |
| 1990 | 276,210 |
| 1989 | 278,800 |
| 1988 | 278,800 |
| 1987 | 31,600 |
| 1986 | 31,200 |
| 1985 | 24,000 |
| 1984 | 16,910 |
| 1983 | 16,910 |
| 1982 | 16,360 |
| 1981 | 15,000 |
| 1980 | 10,060 |
| 1979 | 18,610 |
| 1978 | 133,000 |
| 1977 | 3,500 |
| 1974 | 200 |
| 1972 | 700 |
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