Mauritania vs Somalia: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per 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 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.