New Zealand vs Portugal: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita
New Zealand
0.0009 units per person
in 2025
Portugal
0.0008 units per person
in 2025
New Zealand rank
50th
Portugal rank
53rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Portugal
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.0009 units per person against 0.0008 units per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2009 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 50th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 179 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | New Zealand |
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, New Zealand or Portugal?
- New Zealand, at 0.0009 units per person against 0.0008 units per person in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between New Zealand and Portugal?
- 0.0001 units per person, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Portugal?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Portugal rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 50th and Portugal ranks 53rd 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.