Denmark vs Sweden: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Denmark
0.0005 units per person
in 2025
Sweden
0.0004 units per person
in 2025
Denmark rank
70th
Sweden rank
73rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.0005 units per person against 0.0004 units per person in Sweden, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 73rd of 179 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0025 units per person | 0.0021 units per person | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0051 units per person | 0.0046 units per person | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0011 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | Sweden |
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, Denmark or Sweden?
- Denmark, at 0.0005 units per person against 0.0004 units per person in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Denmark and Sweden?
- 0.0001 units per person, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Denmark ranks 70th and Sweden ranks 73rd 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.