Costa Rica vs OECD members: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0346 units per person
in 2025
OECD members
0.0043 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
OECD members rank
4th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- OECD members
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0346 units per person against 0.0043 units per person in OECD members, a difference of 0.0303 units per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 8.1 times OECD members's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was OECD members ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and OECD members ranks 4th of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and OECD members in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | OECD members |
| 2010s | 0.0028 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 0.0018 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.035 units per person | 0.0031 units per person | 0.0319 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 OECD members?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0346 units per person against 0.0043 units per person in OECD members as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Costa Rica and OECD members?
- 0.0303 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and OECD members?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and OECD members rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and OECD members ranks 4th 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.