World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
27 (2025)
Earliest
60 (1971)
Highest
310 (1975)
Years reported
38 of 55 in the span
Member state
Lesotho at the United Nations
02505001971: 601974: 1101975: 3101977: 901978: 1601979: 1601980: 701981: 801986: 01989: 51990: 51991: 51993: 552001: 02002: 52003: 52004: 52005: 02006: 52007: 52008: 52009: 52010: 52011: 52012: 52013: 102014: 162015: 162016: 52017: 62018: 62019: 62020: 62021: 62022: 122023: 122024: 252025: 2719712025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1971–2025. 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 38 of the 55 years between 1971 and 2025 for Lesotho. The missing 17 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202527
202425
202312
202212
20216
20206
20196
20186
20176
20165
201516
201416
201310
20125
20115
20105
20095
20085
20075
20065
20050
20045
20035
20025
20010
199355
19915
19905
19895
19860
198180
198070
1979160
1978160
197790
1975310
1974110
197160

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