World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
16,030 (2025)
Earliest
5,000 (1961)
Highest
24,269 (2012)
Years reported
50 of 65 in the span
Member state
Ghana at the United Nations
012,50025,0001961: 5,0001962: 5,0001963: 5,0001964: 5,0001965: 5,0001966: 01982: 3101983: 1,9581984: 2,2021985: 3,1951986: 2,6991987: 3,9161988: 4,7691989: 4,7161990: 4,6901991: 4,7021992: 4,7761993: 4,4711994: 14,2841995: 13,5941996: 15,1001997: 14,7721998: 13,6251999: 13,2882000: 14,7602001: 14,5472002: 15,6752003: 15,8662004: 14,7592005: 18,4212006: 9,9492007: 5,0422008: 13,2252009: 14,8762010: 20,1752011: 20,3332012: 24,2692013: 21,0482014: 22,1162015: 22,9622016: 15,5272017: 16,9592018: 18,0712019: 18,4322020: 13,8442021: 14,2512022: 14,9492023: 13,8702024: 15,0782025: 16,03019612025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1961–2025. 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 50 of the 65 years between 1961 and 2025 for Ghana. The missing 15 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202516,030
202415,078
202313,870
202214,949
202114,251
202013,844
201918,432
201818,071
201716,959
201615,527
201522,962
201422,116
201321,048
201224,269
201120,333
201020,175
200914,876
200813,225
20075,042
20069,949
200518,421
200414,759
200315,866
200215,675
200114,547
200014,760
199913,288
199813,625
199714,772
199615,100
199513,594
199414,284
19934,471
19924,776
19914,702
19904,690
19894,716
19884,769
19873,916
19862,699
19853,195
19842,202
19831,958
1982310
19660
19655,000
19645,000
19635,000
19625,000
19615,000

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