Latin America & Caribbean vs Uruguay: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Latin America & Caribbean
0.0017 units per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0081 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
10th
Uruguay rank
8th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.0081 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0064 units per person.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 4.7 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 45 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2010s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.0018 units per person | 0.006 units per person | 0.0043 units per person | Uruguay |
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 Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.0081 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 Uruguay?
- 0.0064 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Uruguay?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and Uruguay rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 8th 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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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.