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Refugees and internally displaced persons

Ghana — 19 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2004 refugees (country of origin): 42,466 (Liberia) (2004)
2005 refugees (country of origin): 42,466 (Liberia) (2004)
2006 refugees (country of origin): 40,853 (Liberia) (2005)
2007 refugees (country of origin): 38,684 (Liberia), 14,136 (Togo) (2006)
2008 refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007)
2009 refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007)
2010 refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007)
2011 refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007)
2012 refugees (country of origin): 11,585 (Liberia); 16,000 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2011)
2013 refugees (country of origin): 5,156 (Liberia) (2012); 8,532 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2013)
2014 refugees (country of origin): 9,567 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting); 5,249 (Liberia) (2013)
2015 refugees (country of origin): 9,779 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting); 5,262 (Liberia) (2014)
2016 refugees (country of origin): 11,419 (Cote d'Ivoire; flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2016)
2017 refugees (country of origin): 6,656 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2017)
2018 refugees (country of origin): 6,623 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2018)
2019 refugees (country of origin): 6,517 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2019) | IDPs: 5,000 (land disputes between ethnic communities in the north in 2018) (2018)
2020 refugees (country of origin): 6,406 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2020)
2021 refugees (country of origin): 6,425 (Cote d'Ivoire) (flight from 2010 post-election fighting) (2021)
2025 refugees: 17,334 (2024 est.) IDPs: 4,937 (2024 est.)