Malta vs United Kingdom: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita)
Malta
0.0024 units per person
in 2025
United Kingdom
0.0021 units per person
in 2025
Malta rank
27th
United Kingdom rank
29th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita) over time
- Malta
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.0024 units per person against 0.0021 units per person in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.0003 units per person.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United Kingdom ahead.
Malta ranks 27th and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 179 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0011 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0007 units per person | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.0028 units per person | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0023 units per person | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.0042 units per person | 0.0018 units per person | 0.0024 units per person | Malta |
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, Malta or United Kingdom?
- Malta, at 0.0024 units per person against 0.0021 units per person in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Malta and United Kingdom?
- 0.0003 units per person, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and United Kingdom?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Malta and United Kingdom rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Malta ranks 27th and United Kingdom ranks 29th of 179 countries.
- 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.