Costa Rica vs North America: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0346 units per person
in 2025
North America
0.0105 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
North America rank
1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- North America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0346 units per person against 0.0105 units per person in North America, a difference of 0.0241 units per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.3 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was North America ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and North America ranks 1st of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and North America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | North America |
| 2010s | 0.0028 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 0.0018 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.035 units per person | 0.0065 units per person | 0.0286 units per person | Costa Rica |
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, Costa Rica or North America?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0346 units per person against 0.0105 units per person in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Costa Rica and North America?
- 0.0241 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and North America?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and North America rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and North America ranks 1st 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.