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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0014 units per person
in 2025
Suriname
0.005 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
15th
Suriname rank
14th

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

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

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Suriname ranks 14th of 45 groups.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Suriname Difference Ahead
2010s 0.0006 units per person 0.0007 units per person 0.0001 units per person Suriname
2020s 0.0015 units per person 0.0042 units per person 0.0027 units per person Suriname

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 Suriname?
Suriname, 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 Suriname?
0.0036 units per person, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Suriname?
10 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Suriname rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 15th and Suriname ranks 14th 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.