Refugees under UNRWA mandate, by host country by country
Countries reporting
4
Highest
2.48 million
Palestine
Lowest
228,274
Lebanon
Median
1.38 million
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
650
What the numbers show
Refugees under UNRWA mandate, by host country is currently reported for 4 countries. The highest value is 2.48 million in Palestine; the lowest is 228,274 in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.38 million, and the mean is 1.37 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 6.7%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 54.7%).
Refugees under UNRWA mandate, by host country: full country ranking
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WPP Global 5.96 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Mashreq subregion 5.47 million
- ESCAP_Other Area (OTH_REGION) 5.47 million
- Arab States (UNFPA) 5.47 million
- Middle East and North Africa (World Bank regions) 5.47 million
- UNICEF SP Humanitarian 5.47 million
- Asia (UNSDG) 5.47 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab countries 5.47 million
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 5.47 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 5.47 million
- Western Asia (UNSDG) 5.47 million
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 5.47 million
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 5.47 million
- World Bank (lower middle income) 5.11 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab Middle-Income Countries (MICs) 5.11 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Countries in conflict 2.84 million
- UNICEF SP High burden 2.71 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Non-conflict middle income countries 2.63 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab Low-Income Countries (LICs) 357,985
- World Bank (low income) 357,985
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 357,985