Canada vs Uruguay: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Canada
0.0075 units per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0081 units per person
in 2025
Canada rank
10th
Uruguay rank
8th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Canada
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.0081 units per person against 0.0075 units per person in Canada, a difference of 0.0006 units per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0012 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0012 units per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.0044 units per person | 0.006 units per person | 0.0016 units per person | Uruguay |
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, Canada or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.0081 units per person against 0.0075 units per person in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Canada and Uruguay?
- 0.0006 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Uruguay?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Uruguay rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Canada ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 8th 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.