World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
6,632 (2025)
Earliest
14,720 (1975)
Highest
197,640 (1979)
Years reported
50 of 51 in the span
Member state
Zimbabwe at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001975: 14,7201976: 31,2201977: 76,5201978: 163,1601979: 197,6401980: 1601981: 1901983: 3,2001984: 3,7601985: 4,2501986: 3,2301987: 3,8301988: 6291989: 51990: 51991: 1281992: 81993: 141994: 381995: 371996: 361997: 371998: 401999: 402000: 1092001: 2572002: 4,0242003: 7,1542004: 9,5572005: 11,2462006: 12,7742007: 14,3662008: 16,8242009: 22,4412010: 24,0802011: 25,0332012: 22,0822013: 19,7192014: 22,4782015: 21,3322016: 18,1412017: 17,4202018: 15,6182019: 10,0452020: 8,5752021: 8,1152022: 7,0172023: 7,4602024: 8,0022025: 6,63219752025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1975–2025. 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 50 of the 51 years between 1975 and 2025 for Zimbabwe. The missing 1 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
20256,632
20248,002
20237,460
20227,017
20218,115
20208,575
201910,045
201815,618
201717,420
201618,141
201521,332
201422,478
201319,719
201222,082
201125,033
201024,080
200922,441
200816,824
200714,366
200612,774
200511,246
20049,557
20037,154
20024,024
2001257
2000109
199940
199840
199737
199636
199537
199438
199314
19928
1991128
19905
19895
1988629
19873,830
19863,230
19854,250
19843,760
19833,200
1981190
1980160
1979197,640
1978163,160
197776,520
197631,220
197514,720

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