Belgium vs Ireland: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (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 (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.