Ethiopia vs Ukraine: Forcibly displaced people

Ethiopia
3.50 million
in 2025
Ukraine
3.71 million
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
11th
Ukraine rank
8th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Ukraine
02.0M4.0M6.0M201020172025

How they compare

Ukraine currently reports 3.71 million against 3.50 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 213,360.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 11th and Ukraine ranks 8th of 180 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Ukraine Difference Ahead
2010s 1.29 million 638,965 655,551 Ethiopia
2020s 3.81 million 3.10 million 711,032 Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forcibly displaced people, Ethiopia or Ukraine?
Ukraine, at 3.71 million against 3.50 million in Ethiopia as of 2025.
What is the difference in forcibly displaced people between Ethiopia and Ukraine?
213,360, with Ukraine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Ukraine?
16 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2025.
How do Ethiopia and Ukraine rank globally for forcibly displaced people?
Ethiopia ranks 11th and Ukraine ranks 8th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.