Belgium vs Malta: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Belgium
1.46 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Malta
2.55 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Belgium rank
6th
Malta rank
5th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Belgium
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 2.55 units per square kilometre against 1.46 units per square kilometre in Belgium, a difference of 1.09 units per square kilometre.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.7 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 6th and Malta ranks 5th of 177 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6419 units per square kilometre | 1.42 units per square kilometre | 0.7771 units per square kilometre | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.6028 units per square kilometre | 4.03 units per square kilometre | 3.43 units per square kilometre | Malta |
| 2020s | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 8.29 units per square kilometre | 7.1 units per square kilometre | 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 square kilometre, Belgium or Malta?
- Malta, at 2.55 units per square kilometre against 1.46 units per square kilometre in Belgium as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Belgium and Malta?
- 1.09 units per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Malta?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Malta rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Belgium ranks 6th and Malta ranks 5th of 177 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.