World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
68,182 (2025)
Earliest
91,630 (1980)
Highest
304,810 (1981)
Years reported
46
Member state
El Salvador at the United Nations
0250,000500,0001980: 91,6301981: 304,8101982: 242,4001983: 244,6001984: 243,0001985: 180,6051986: 171,7851987: 167,6051988: 166,3931989: 39,5821990: 30,0191991: 33,0481992: 30,8541993: 26,1251994: 30,7361995: 23,5341996: 19,6391997: 17,1241998: 12,5911999: 12,4082000: 7,7532001: 7,1472002: 6,6302003: 5,6582004: 4,4972005: 4,2832006: 6,3902007: 6,0262008: 5,1542009: 5,0532010: 4,9782011: 6,7252012: 8,1732013: 9,6342014: 10,9682015: 14,7782016: 19,6172017: 25,8762018: 32,5622019: 41,8162020: 45,6402021: 52,0412022: 58,6212023: 68,6332024: 71,7652025: 68,18219802025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1980–2025. 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.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202568,182
202471,765
202368,633
202258,621
202152,041
202045,640
201941,816
201832,562
201725,876
201619,617
201514,778
201410,968
20139,634
20128,173
20116,725
20104,978
20095,053
20085,154
20076,026
20066,390
20054,283
20044,497
20035,658
20026,630
20017,147
20007,753
199912,408
199812,591
199717,124
199619,639
199523,534
199430,736
199326,125
199230,854
199133,048
199030,019
198939,582
1988166,393
1987167,605
1986171,785
1985180,605
1984243,000
1983244,600
1982242,400
1981304,810
198091,630

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