World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
57,327 (2025)
Earliest
15,000 (1978)
Highest
100,000 (1986)
Years reported
43 of 48 in the span
Member state
Yemen at the United Nations
050,000100,0001978: 15,0001979: 15,0001980: 15,0001986: 100,0001987: 70,0001988: 77,0001989: 77,0001990: 51991: 741992: 311993: 371994: 1511995: 3661996: 1,1541997: 1,7211998: 1,9281999: 2,0212000: 2,1042001: 1,9762002: 1,5952003: 1,5882004: 1,5992005: 1,3222006: 1,3642007: 1,6212008: 1,7642009: 1,9272010: 2,0702011: 2,3212012: 2,5822013: 2,4132014: 2,6232015: 15,9012016: 18,4272017: 23,5552018: 31,1452019: 36,5222020: 32,4332021: 37,6152022: 40,1472023: 48,0442024: 51,3842025: 57,32719782025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1978–2025. 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 43 of the 48 years between 1978 and 2025 for Yemen. The missing 5 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202557,327
202451,384
202348,044
202240,147
202137,615
202032,433
201936,522
201831,145
201723,555
201618,427
201515,901
20142,623
20132,413
20122,582
20112,321
20102,070
20091,927
20081,764
20071,621
20061,364
20051,322
20041,599
20031,588
20021,595
20011,976
20002,104
19992,021
19981,928
19971,721
19961,154
1995366
1994151
199337
199231
199174
19905
198977,000
198877,000
198770,000
1986100,000
198015,000
197915,000
197815,000

World Bank, World Development Indicators — SM.POP.RHCR.EO, available under CC BY 4.0.

Where this page comes from