World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Kuwait
- Most recent
- 386 (2025)
- Earliest
- 5,000 (1979)
- Highest
- 45,590 (1991)
- Years reported
- 43 of 47 in the span
- Member state
- Kuwait at the United Nations
The World Bank reports 43 of the 47 years between 1979 and 2025 for Kuwait. The missing 4 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 386 |
| 2024 | 488 |
| 2023 | 572 |
| 2022 | 684 |
| 2021 | 720 |
| 2020 | 732 |
| 2019 | 686 |
| 2018 | 671 |
| 2017 | 613 |
| 2016 | 935 |
| 2015 | 736 |
| 2014 | 611 |
| 2013 | 633 |
| 2012 | 676 |
| 2011 | 336 |
| 2010 | 185 |
| 2009 | 222 |
| 2008 | 38,237 |
| 2007 | 38,158 |
| 2006 | 49 |
| 2005 | 1,523 |
| 2004 | 1,519 |
| 2003 | 1,518 |
| 2002 | 1,521 |
| 2001 | 1,255 |
| 2000 | 2,776 |
| 1999 | 4,333 |
| 1998 | 4,181 |
| 1997 | 3,787 |
| 1996 | 3,831 |
| 1995 | 3,306 |
| 1994 | 30,020 |
| 1993 | 30,000 |
| 1992 | 44,879 |
| 1991 | 45,590 |
| 1989 | 210 |
| 1985 | 2,280 |
| 1984 | 2,810 |
| 1983 | 2,220 |
| 1982 | 2,220 |
| 1981 | 2,000 |
| 1980 | 5,000 |
| 1979 | 5,000 |
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