Burundi vs Rwanda: Forcibly displaced people

Burundi
119,066
in 2025
Rwanda
131,045
in 2025
Burundi rank
75th
Rwanda rank
72nd

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Burundi
  • Rwanda
50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k175.0k201020172025

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 131,045 against 119,066 in Burundi, a difference of 11,979.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Burundi ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 75th and Rwanda ranks 72nd of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

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.