Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Uruguay: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
0.0017 units per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0081 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
9th
Uruguay rank
8th

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

  • Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Uruguay
00.0020.0040.0060.0080.01200020122025

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.0081 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.0064 units per person.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 4.6 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0 units per person 0 units per person 0 units per person Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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 0.0042 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.0081 units per person against 0.0017 units per person in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Uruguay?
0.0064 units per person, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Uruguay?
26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Uruguay rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 9th 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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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.