World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: Egypt

Most recent
23,763 (2025)
Earliest
50 (1978)
Highest
27,498 (2021)
Years reported
46 of 48 in the span
Member state
Egypt at the United Nations
025,00050,0001978: 501981: 51982: 51983: 61984: 61985: 71986: 81987: 81988: 141989: 131990: 501991: 981992: 2101993: 2571994: 5011995: 8701996: 1,1981997: 1,7201998: 2,6061999: 3,4862000: 3,9542001: 4,6772002: 6,4422003: 5,7342004: 5,3612005: 6,2882006: 7,6082007: 6,7892008: 6,7772009: 6,9832010: 6,9032011: 7,9222012: 10,0142013: 12,8042014: 15,8992015: 17,9292016: 19,7922017: 22,1062018: 24,8502019: 27,4162020: 26,5532021: 27,4982022: 24,3902023: 23,1602024: 23,7362025: 23,76319782025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1978–2025. 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 46 of the 48 years between 1978 and 2025 for Egypt. The missing 2 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202523,763
202423,736
202323,160
202224,390
202127,498
202026,553
201927,416
201824,850
201722,106
201619,792
201517,929
201415,899
201312,804
201210,014
20117,922
20106,903
20096,983
20086,777
20076,789
20067,608
20056,288
20045,361
20035,734
20026,442
20014,677
20003,954
19993,486
19982,606
19971,720
19961,198
1995870
1994501
1993257
1992210
199198
199050
198913
198814
19878
19868
19857
19846
19836
19825
19815
197850

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