Latin America & Caribbean vs Spain: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita

Latin America & Caribbean
0.0017 units per person
in 2025
Spain
0.005 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
10th
Spain rank
13th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.005 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0033 units per person.

That makes Spain's figure about 3.0 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

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

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th and Spain ranks 13th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Spain Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0001 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0 units per person Latin America & Caribbean
2010s 0.0003 units per person 0.0006 units per person 0.0003 units per person Spain
2020s 0.0018 units per person 0.0036 units per person 0.0019 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 or Spain?
Spain, at 0.005 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Latin America & Caribbean and Spain?
0.0033 units per person, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Spain?
17 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Spain rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th 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.