United States of America vs Uruguay: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita

United States of America
0.0109 units per person
in 2025
Uruguay
0.0081 units per person
in 2025
United States of America rank
6th
Uruguay rank
8th

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

  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.0109 units per person against 0.0081 units per person in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0028 units per person.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.3 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States of America ahead.

United States of America ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 179 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0008 units per person 0 units per person 0.0008 units per person United States of America
2010s 0.001 units per person 0.0007 units per person 0.0003 units per person United States of America
2020s 0.0067 units per person 0.006 units per person 0.0007 units per person United States of America

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, United States of America or Uruguay?
United States of America, at 0.0109 units per person against 0.0081 units per person in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita between United States of America and Uruguay?
0.0028 units per person, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Uruguay?
26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do United States of America and Uruguay rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
United States of America ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 8th 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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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.