Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Spain: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0014 units per person
in 2025
Spain
0.005 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
15th
Spain rank
13th

Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Spain
00.0020.0040.006200020122025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.005 units per person against 0.0014 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0036 units per person.

That makes Spain's figure about 3.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Spain ranks 13th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Spain Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0001 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0001 units per person Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 0.0003 units per person 0.0006 units per person 0.0003 units per person Spain
2020s 0.0015 units per person 0.0036 units per person 0.0021 units per person Spain

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, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Spain?
Spain, at 0.005 units per person against 0.0014 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
0.0036 units per person, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
17 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Spain ranks 13th of 45 groups.
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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Indicator
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
226 places, 5,379 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

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.