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Refugees by Country of Origin, 1993

Figures for 1993, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many refugees under UNHCR's mandate have fled each country, counted wherever in the world they are living at the end of the year. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, compiles it, and it is the standard world count of where the people who have had to leave their country come from.

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1993 covers 121 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 3,374,575; Cyprus is lowest, at 0. The middle country reads 1,573. Against 1992, 101 values changed (70 up, 31 down), 9 countries joined.

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Refugees by Country of Origin · Data for 1993

HighestAfghanistan

3,374,575

LowestCyprus

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Refugees by Country of Origin, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 121 countries · select a heading to sort

Refugees by Country of Origin, 1993: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3,374,575
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1,172,548
BurundiBDIEastern Africa871,376
IraqIRQWestern Asia771,074
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa704,048
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe618,428
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa574,612
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia527,625
RwandaRWAEastern Africa450,459
EritreaERIEastern Africa427,208
SudanSDNNorthern Africa393,868
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia328,005
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa323,822
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa311,181
TogoTGOWestern Africa291,055
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia281,571
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa251,828
RussiaRUSEastern Europe243,312
ChadTCDMiddle Africa212,923
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia200,116
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe151,689
IranIRNSouthern Asia115,516
ChinaCHNEastern Asia111,507
MaliMLIWestern Africa98,575
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia91,837

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan3,374,575
  2. Mozambique1,172,548
  3. Burundi871,376
  4. Iraq771,074
  5. Liberia704,048

Lowest

  1. Cyprus0
  2. Saudi Arabiashared5
  3. Malaysiashared5
  4. Moldovashared5
  5. Latviashared5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,573. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −0countries joined / left
  • 101values changed, of 112 in both
  • 70 · 31rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Afghanistan4,552,153 → 3,374,575−1,177,578
  • Iraq1,343,824 → 771,074−572,750
  • Mozambique1,445,474 → 1,172,548−272,926
  • Somalia812,196 → 574,612−237,584
  • Eritrea503,200 → 427,208−75,992
+ Benin+ Cyprus+ Georgia+ Jamaica+ Lesotho+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Saudi Arabia+ Slovenia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 108 distinct values among 121

    Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

05The files

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Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (1993). Refugees by Country of Origin, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/refugees-by-origin/1993

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