World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
43,906 (2025)
Earliest
48,236 (1989)
Highest
84,310 (1995)
Years reported
37
Member state
Mauritania at the United Nations
050,000100,0001989: 48,2361990: 65,9951991: 79,8741992: 79,5941993: 67,8871994: 68,0391995: 84,3101996: 83,2311997: 70,2941998: 70,2211999: 29,9422000: 29,7422001: 29,8502002: 30,1302003: 30,5182004: 31,1042005: 31,6502006: 33,4202007: 33,0952008: 45,5922009: 39,1342010: 37,7212011: 39,9192012: 33,7472013: 34,2392014: 34,1032015: 34,6562016: 36,2632017: 36,5252018: 37,0502019: 37,4232020: 37,9312021: 39,2792022: 36,9282023: 37,5322024: 38,1112025: 43,90619892025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1989–2025. 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)
202543,906
202438,111
202337,532
202236,928
202139,279
202037,931
201937,423
201837,050
201736,525
201636,263
201534,656
201434,103
201334,239
201233,747
201139,919
201037,721
200939,134
200845,592
200733,095
200633,420
200531,650
200431,104
200330,518
200230,130
200129,850
200029,742
199929,942
199870,221
199770,294
199683,231
199584,310
199468,039
199367,887
199279,594
199179,874
199065,995
198948,236

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