Refugees per 100,000 people — all countries

Refugees per 100,000 people — Zimbabwe

Refugees per 100,000 people in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 55.5 per 100k. Ranked 101 in the world out of 178. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7,722.6%.

2024 55.5 per 100k −10.25% vs 2023
World rank 101of 178
Period maximum 2,221.1 per 100k1992
Period minimum 0.7 per 100k1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · per 100,000 people

Refugees per 100,000 people — Zimbabwe, 1980–202401,0002,0003,00019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.7 per 100k1981: 68 per 100k1982: 259.1 per 100k1983: 622.2 per 100k1984: 601.8 per 100k1985: 722.9 per 100k1986: 725.6 per 100k1987: 1,331.3 per 100k1988: 1,820.7 per 100k1989: 1,777.5 per 100k1990: 1,883.6 per 100k1991: 1,899.4 per 100k1992: 2,221.1 per 100k1993: 925.2 per 100k1994: 20.2 per 100k1995: 4.7 per 100k1996: 5.3 per 100k1997: 7 per 100k1998: 14.3 per 100k1999: 17.6 per 100k2000: 34.7 per 100k2001: 72.7 per 100k2002: 78 per 100k2003: 104 per 100k2004: 55.6 per 100k2005: 110.9 per 100k2006: 27.8 per 100k2007: 31.1 per 100k2008: 26.7 per 100k2009: 30.4 per 100k2010: 33.2 per 100k2011: 33.5 per 100k2012: 31.5 per 100k2013: 45.6 per 100k2014: 42.8 per 100k2015: 48.2 per 100k2016: 50.8 per 100k2017: 51.1 per 100k2018: 51.8 per 100k2019: 58.6 per 100k2020: 59.6 per 100k2021: 60 per 100k2022: 65.2 per 100k2023: 61.9 per 100k2024: 55.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +54.8 (+7,722.56%) Average annual rate: 10.42 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 55.5 per 100k
World computed 463.6 per 100k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 663.1 per 100k
Eastern Africa computed 889.3 per 100k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 301.6 per 100k
Refugees per 100,000 people — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 55.5 −6.3 −10.25%
2023 61.9 −3.3 −5.05%
2022 65.2 +5.2 +8.59%
2021 60 +0.4 +0.64%
2020 59.6 +1 +1.7%
2019 58.6 +6.8 +13.11%
2018 51.8 +0.8 +1.51%
2017 51.1 +0.2 +0.47%
2016 50.8 +2.6 +5.44%
2015 48.2 +5.5 +12.75%
2014 42.8 −2.8 −6.17%
2013 45.6 +14.1 +44.64%
2012 31.5 −2 −6.03%
2011 33.5 +0.4 +1.06%
2010 33.2 +2.8 +9.27%
2009 30.4 +3.6 +13.57%
2008 26.7 −4.4 −14.07%
2007 31.1 +3.3 +11.73%
2006 27.8 −83.1 −74.9%
2005 110.9 +55.4 +99.56%
2004 55.6 −48.4 −46.54%
2003 104 +26 +33.26%
2002 78 +5.3 +7.29%
2001 72.7 +38 +109.59%
2000 34.7 +17.1 +97.46%
1999 17.6 +3.3 +23.05%
1998 14.3 +7.2 +102.99%
1997 7 +1.7 +32.18%
1996 5.3 +0.6 +13.44%
1995 4.7 −15.5 −76.74%
1994 20.2 −905 −97.82%
1993 925.2 −1,295.9 −58.35%
1992 2,221.1 +321.7 +16.94%
1991 1,899.4 +15.7 +0.84%
1990 1,883.6 +106.1 +5.97%
1989 1,777.5 −43.2 −2.37%
1988 1,820.7 +489.4 +36.76%
1987 1,331.3 +605.7 +83.47%
1986 725.6 +2.7 +0.37%
1985 722.9 +121.1 +20.13%
1984 601.8 −20.4 −3.28%
1983 622.2 +363.1 +140.16%
1982 259.1 +191.1 +280.95%
1981 68 +67.3 +9,477.91%
1980 0.7

About the indicator

The number of hosted refugees per 100,000 people of the population of the host country. The indicator converts absolute numbers into a measure of load: by number of refugees the top rows belong to large countries, while by this rate they belong to small states that took in an exodus from a neighboring country, where the newcomers are comparable in number to the local population.

Important: A measure of load rather than of generosity: a high value speaks more often of geographic proximity to a conflict zone than of resettlement policy.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.