Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of was 13 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Vanuatu, 2017–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 13 for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 160.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Vanuatu peaked at 13 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2017.
That places Vanuatu 179th out of 199 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 5 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 13 | +160.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,568, 0% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 13 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95, 14% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 4.67 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 178 Turks and Caicos Islands 14 compare
- 180 Slovenia 12 compare
- 181 Malta 11 compare
- 182 Seychelles 10 compare
More social development data for Vanuatu
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 13 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Vanuatu?
- Refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of in Vanuatu was 13 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 13 in 2025.
- What is the lowest refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2017.
- How does Vanuatu rank for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- Vanuatu ranks 179th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin with 148 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.