Somalia vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate
Somalia
15.46 % change on previous year
in 2025
Upper middle income
-6.5 % change on previous year
in 2025
Somalia rank
35th
Upper middle income rank
38th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate over time
- Somalia
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 15.46 % change on previous year against -6.5 % change on previous year in Upper middle income, a difference of 21.96 % change on previous year.
That makes Somalia's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Somalia ahead.
Somalia ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 38th of 166 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 148.35 % change on previous year | 43.09 % change on previous year | 105.26 % change on previous year | Somalia |
| 2010s | 4.44 % change on previous year | 23.05 % change on previous year | 18.61 % change on previous year | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 7.65 % change on previous year | -2.25 % change on previous year | 9.9 % change on previous year | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate, Somalia or Upper middle income?
- Somalia, at 15.46 % change on previous year against -6.5 % change on previous year in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate between Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 21.96 % change on previous year, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Upper middle income?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate?
- Somalia ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 38th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.