World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
5,117 (2025)
Earliest
30 (1988)
Highest
797,834 (1994)
Years reported
38
Member state
Liberia at the United Nations
0500,0001,000,0001988: 301989: 501990: 735,6871991: 673,4331992: 520,9141993: 704,0481994: 797,8341995: 744,6271996: 783,9921997: 493,3241998: 365,3901999: 294,6852000: 266,9262001: 244,6032002: 275,4142003: 353,3402004: 335,4662005: 231,1362006: 160,5432007: 91,5422008: 75,2212009: 71,6012010: 70,1332011: 66,7792012: 23,4282013: 17,5482014: 13,5612015: 9,9722016: 6,5582017: 6,0392018: 5,5082019: 5,3652020: 5,1952021: 5,3842022: 5,1562023: 4,8382024: 5,0862025: 5,11719882025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1988–2025. 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)
20255,117
20245,086
20234,838
20225,156
20215,384
20205,195
20195,365
20185,508
20176,039
20166,558
20159,972
201413,561
201317,548
201223,428
201166,779
201070,133
200971,601
200875,221
200791,542
2006160,543
2005231,136
2004335,466
2003353,340
2002275,414
2001244,603
2000266,926
1999294,685
1998365,390
1997493,324
1996783,992
1995744,627
1994797,834
1993704,048
1992520,914
1991673,433
1990735,687
198950
198830

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