Iceland vs Mauritania: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita)
Iceland
0.0017 units per person
in 2025
Mauritania
0.0014 units per person
in 2025
Iceland rank
33rd
Mauritania rank
35th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita) over time
- Iceland
- Mauritania
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.0017 units per person against 0.0014 units per person in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0003 units per person.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 33rd and Mauritania ranks 35th of 179 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | Iceland |
| 2010s | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | Iceland |
| 2020s | 0.0026 units per person | 0.001 units per person | 0.0016 units per person | Iceland |
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, Iceland or Mauritania?
- Iceland, at 0.0017 units per person against 0.0014 units per person in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Iceland and Mauritania?
- 0.0003 units per person, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Mauritania?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Mauritania rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Iceland ranks 33rd and Mauritania ranks 35th 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.