Ireland vs Nauru: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita)
Ireland
0.0061 units per person
in 2025
Nauru
0.0077 units per person
in 2025
Ireland rank
12th
Nauru rank
9th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita) over time
- Ireland
- Nauru
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 0.0077 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Ireland, a difference of 0.0016 units per person.
That makes Nauru's figure about 1.2 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Nauru ahead.
Ireland ranks 12th and Nauru ranks 9th of 179 countries.
Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Nauru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0012 units per person | 0.0368 units per person | 0.0356 units per person | Nauru |
| 2020s | 0.0037 units per person | 0.0054 units per person | 0.0017 units per person | Nauru |
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, Ireland or Nauru?
- Nauru, at 0.0077 units per person against 0.0061 units per person in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Ireland and Nauru?
- 0.0016 units per person, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Nauru?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Nauru rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Ireland ranks 12th and Nauru ranks 9th 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.