Mauritania vs Somalia: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita)
Mauritania
0.0014 units per person
in 2025
Somalia
0.0013 units per person
in 2025
Mauritania rank
35th
Somalia rank
37th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita (capita) over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.0014 units per person against 0.0013 units per person in Somalia, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 35th and Somalia ranks 37th of 179 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0009 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.001 units per person | 0.0011 units per person | 0 units per person | Somalia |
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, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Mauritania, at 0.0014 units per person against 0.0013 units per person in Somalia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.0001 units per person, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 35th and Somalia ranks 37th 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.