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