Costa Rica vs Peru: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0346 units per person
in 2025
Peru
0.0161 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Peru rank
4th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0346 units per person against 0.0161 units per person in Peru, a difference of 0.0185 units per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Peru ranks 4th of 179 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0028 units per person | 0.0024 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.035 units per person | 0.0159 units per person | 0.0191 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 Peru?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0346 units per person against 0.0161 units per person in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 0.0185 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Peru 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.