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Refugees and internally displaced persons

Italy — 13 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2013 refugees (country of origin): 11,345 (Eritrea); 9,284 (Somalia); 5,058 (Afghanistan) (2012) stateless persons: 470 (2012)
2014 refugees (country of origin): 12,682 (Eritrea); 10,817 (Somalia); 6,695 (Afghanistan) (2013) stateless persons: 470 (2012)
2015 refugees (country of origin): 13,357 (Eritrea); 12,213 (Somalia); 8,991 (Afghanistan); 6,293 (Nigeria); 5,764 (Pakistan); 5,552 (Mali) (2014) | stateless persons: 813 (2014)
2016 refugees (country of origin): 13,068 (Somalia); 12,203 (Afghanistan); 11,962 (Eritrea); 9,931 (Nigeria); 9,202 (Pakistan); 8,334 (Mali); 5,079 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2015) | stateless persons: 747 (2015) | note: 321,118 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (2015 - November 2016)
2017 refugees (country of origin): 16,033 (Afghanistan); 14,336 (Somalia); 14,247 (Nigeria); 13,412 (Pakistan); 11,327 (Mali); 10,049 (Eritrea); 7,723 (Gambia); 5,805 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2016); 10,410 (Ukraine) (2017); note: estimate represents asylum applicants since Ukraine crisis began in 2014 until September 2017 | stateless persons: 701 (2016) | note: 449,235 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015 - November 2017)
2018 refugees (country of origin): 17,171 (Afghanistan), 18,026 (Nigeria), 15,966 (Pakistan), 15,641 (Somalia), 13,206 (Mali), 10,273 (Gambia), 7,940 (Eritrea), 6,412 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2017), 6,197 (Senegal), 12,535 (Ukraine) (2018) note - estimate represents asylum applicants since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis in 2014 to September 2017 | stateless persons: 715 (2017) | note: 477,853 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-December 2018); hosts an estimated 155,619 migrants
2019 refugees (country of origin): 22,319 (Nigeria), 18,249 (Pakistan), 16,941 (Afghanistan), 15,003 (Mali), 13,373 (Somalia), 12,549 (Gambia), 13,525 (Ukraine), 7,644 (Senegal), 7,174 (Cote d'Ivoire), 6,975 (Eritrea) (2018); note - estimate for Ukraine represents asylum applicants since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis in 2014 to July 2018 | stateless persons: 732 (2018) | note: 489,456 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-December 2019); hosts an estimated 108,924 migrants
2020 refugees (country of origin): 25,241 (Nigeria), 20,063 (Pakistan), 17,849 (Afghanistan), 15,842 (Mali), 14,029 (Somalia), 12,968 (Gambia), 8,974 (Bangladesh), 7,659 (Cote d'Ivoire), 7,644 (Senegal), 7,118 (Eritrea), 6,995 (Iraq), 6,353 (Ukraine), 5,953 (Ghana) (2019); note - estimate for Ukraine represents asylum applicants since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis in 2014 to July 2018 | stateless persons: 15,822 (2019) | note: 522,800 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals by sea (January 2015-
2021 refugees (country of origin): 18,473 (Nigeria), 14,484 (Pakistan), 12,096 (Afghanistan), 10,063 (Mali), 7,704 (Somalia), 5,740 (Gambia) (2020) stateless persons: 3,000 (2020) note: 590,074 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2021)
2022 refugees (country of origin): 19,441 (Nigeria), 15,337 (Pakistan), 12,962 (Afghanistan), 10,609 (Mali), 7,901 (Somalia), 5,845 (Gambia), 5,079 (Iraq) (mid-year 2021); 173,231 (Ukraine) (as of 20 December 2022) stateless persons: 3,000 (mid-year 2021) note: 689,298 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-December 2022)
2023 refugees (country of origin): 21,441 (Nigeria), 17,706 (Afghanistan), 17,619 (Pakistan), 11,193 (Mali), 8,405 (Somalia), 6,324 (Gambia), 5,768 (Bangladesh), 5,463 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 168,725 (Ukraine) (as of 10 November 2023) stateless persons: 3,000 (2022) note: 840,958 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-November 2023)
2024 refugees (country of origin): 21,441 (Nigeria), 17,706 (Afghanistan), 17,619 (Pakistan), 11,193 (Mali), 8,405 (Somalia), 6,324 (Gambia), 5,768 (Bangladesh), 5,463 (Iraq) (mid-year 2022); 169,165 (Ukraine) (as of 23 February 2024) stateless persons: 3,000 (2022) note: 861,413 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-March 2024)
2025 refugees: 520,127 (2024 est.) stateless persons: 3,000 (2024 est.)