Iceland vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Iceland
0.0017 units per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.0004 units per person
in 2025
Iceland rank
33rd
Upper middle income rank
35th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Iceland
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.0017 units per person against 0.0004 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0013 units per person.
That makes Iceland's figure about 4.0 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Iceland ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 2 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Iceland |
| 2020s | 0.0026 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0022 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 Upper middle income?
- Iceland, at 0.0017 units per person against 0.0004 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Iceland and Upper middle income?
- 0.0013 units per person, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Upper middle income?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Iceland ranks 33rd and Upper middle income 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.