Italy vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Italy
0.004 units per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0007 units per person
in 2025
Italy rank
18th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
19th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Italy
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.004 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0033 units per person.
That makes Italy's figure about 5.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
Italy ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 19th of 179 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 0.001 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.0022 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0017 units per person | Italy |
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, Italy or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Italy, at 0.004 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.0033 units per person, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Italy ranks 18th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 19th 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.