Forcibly displaced people in Mongolia
Mongolia: Forcibly displaced people was 26 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Forcibly displaced people in Mongolia, 2010–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 26 for forcibly displaced people in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forcibly displaced people in Mongolia peaked at 26 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2011.
Mongolia ranks 165th of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.2 | 5 | 16 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.5 | 5 | 26 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More social development data for Mongolia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 11 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 2,403 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.718 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.801 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.424 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.281 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.801 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forcibly displaced people in Mongolia?
- Forcibly displaced people in Mongolia was 26 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest forcibly displaced people recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 26 in 2024.
- What is the lowest forcibly displaced people recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2011.
- How does Mongolia rank for forcibly displaced people?
- Mongolia ranks 165th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forcibly displaced people rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.