World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
13,325 (2025)
Earliest
90 (1975)
Highest
13,325 (2025)
Years reported
40 of 51 in the span
Member state
Kenya at the United Nations
010,00020,0001975: 901977: 1,2001978: 801979: 801990: 71991: 311992: 611993: 831994: 8,7721995: 9,3201996: 9,3901997: 9,5631998: 6,0371999: 6,1312000: 2,3672001: 2,5512002: 3,0892003: 3,1592004: 3,8422005: 4,6382006: 5,3562007: 7,5442008: 9,6822009: 9,6092010: 8,5852011: 8,7312012: 8,9462013: 8,5802014: 8,5462015: 7,9022016: 7,5262017: 7,5672018: 7,4802019: 7,7052020: 7,4222021: 7,5292022: 7,5952023: 8,0042024: 11,6962025: 13,32519752025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1975–2025. 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 40 of the 51 years between 1975 and 2025 for Kenya. The missing 11 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202513,325
202411,696
20238,004
20227,595
20217,529
20207,422
20197,705
20187,480
20177,567
20167,526
20157,902
20148,546
20138,580
20128,946
20118,731
20108,585
20099,609
20089,682
20077,544
20065,356
20054,638
20043,842
20033,159
20023,089
20012,551
20002,367
19996,131
19986,037
19979,563
19969,390
19959,320
19948,772
199383
199261
199131
19907
197980
197880
19771,200
197590

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