Belgium vs Ireland: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Belgium
0.0049 units per person
in 2025
Ireland
0.0061 units per person
in 2025
Belgium rank
15th
Ireland rank
12th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Belgium
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.0061 units per person against 0.0049 units per person in Belgium, a difference of 0.0012 units per person.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.3 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 15th and Ireland ranks 12th of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Ireland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0014 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.0016 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.0036 units per person | 0.0037 units per person | 0 units per person | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita, Belgium or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.0061 units per person against 0.0049 units per person in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Belgium and Ireland?
- 0.0012 units per person, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Ireland?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Ireland rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Belgium ranks 15th and Ireland ranks 12th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.