World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
152,002 (2025)
Earliest
3,000 (1970)
Highest
360,991 (1992)
Years reported
54 of 56 in the span
Member state
Mexico at the United Nations
0250,000500,0001970: 3,0001971: 3,0001972: 3,0001973: 4,0001974: 3,5001977: 4,0001978: 5,0001979: 5,7701980: 44,0001981: 150,0001982: 167,7501983: 170,0001984: 175,0001985: 175,0001986: 175,1001987: 177,0901988: 356,4001989: 356,5071990: 356,4001991: 360,1701992: 360,9911993: 52,4721994: 47,3571995: 38,7171996: 34,5691997: 31,8921998: 28,2421999: 24,5062000: 18,4522001: 15,4522002: 12,9532003: 6,0682004: 4,3362005: 3,2122006: 3,3092007: 1,6032008: 1,0382009: 1,2152010: 1,3642011: 1,6472012: 1,5012013: 1,8142014: 1,8202015: 2,9042016: 6,1782017: 8,9932018: 16,5302019: 28,5172020: 45,4342021: 73,4482022: 95,5792023: 124,7842024: 150,8362025: 152,00219702025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, 1970–2025. 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.

The World Bank reports 54 of the 56 years between 1970 and 2025 for Mexico. The missing 2 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)
2025152,002
2024150,836
2023124,784
202295,579
202173,448
202045,434
201928,517
201816,530
20178,993
20166,178
20152,904
20141,820
20131,814
20121,501
20111,647
20101,364
20091,215
20081,038
20071,603
20063,309
20053,212
20044,336
20036,068
200212,953
200115,452
200018,452
199924,506
199828,242
199731,892
199634,569
199538,717
199447,357
199352,472
1992360,991
1991360,170
1990356,400
1989356,507
1988356,400
1987177,090
1986175,100
1985175,000
1984175,000
1983170,000
1982167,750
1981150,000
198044,000
19795,770
19785,000
19774,000
19743,500
19734,000
19723,000
19713,000
19703,000

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