World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
478,150 (2025)
Earliest
51,100 (1968)
Highest
478,150 (2025)
Years reported
42 of 58 in the span
Member state
Nigeria at the United Nations
0250,000500,0001968: 51,1001969: 2,8501970: 01987: 51988: 151989: 151990: 151991: 221992: 751993: 951994: 5871995: 1,9421996: 4,7511997: 3,0431998: 3,9981999: 4,4402000: 5,7352001: 6,0772002: 24,5592003: 24,4142004: 23,8822005: 22,1232006: 13,2422007: 13,8982008: 14,1702009: 15,6092010: 15,6452011: 17,1402012: 18,0172013: 31,1732014: 90,9362015: 167,9732016: 229,2902017: 238,9772018: 276,8342019: 295,5782020: 352,9602021: 383,6602022: 391,1202023: 410,3082024: 467,6052025: 478,15019682025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1968–2025. 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 42 of the 58 years between 1968 and 2025 for Nigeria. The missing 16 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025478,150
2024467,605
2023410,308
2022391,120
2021383,660
2020352,960
2019295,578
2018276,834
2017238,977
2016229,290
2015167,973
201490,936
201331,173
201218,017
201117,140
201015,645
200915,609
200814,170
200713,898
200613,242
200522,123
200423,882
200324,414
200224,559
20016,077
20005,735
19994,440
19983,998
19973,043
19964,751
19951,942
1994587
199395
199275
199122
199015
198915
198815
19875
19700
19692,850
196851,100

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