As of December 2022, Costa Rica was home to 227,626 refugees and asylum seekers, which exceeded the total number of refugees in all of the listed countries from Central America. By contrast, El Salvador had merely 94 refugees and asylum seekers.
Number of refugees and asylum seekers in Central America and Mexico as of December 2022, by country
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Number of refugees and asylum seekers in Central America and Mexico as of December 2022, by country [Graph], UNHCR, August 6, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265030/refugees-asylum-seekers-central-america-mexico/