Cayman Islands vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Cayman Islands
0.3875 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0311 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Cayman Islands rank
21st
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
24th

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

  • Cayman Islands
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Cayman Islands currently reports 0.3875 units per square kilometre against 0.0311 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.3564 units per square kilometre.

That makes Cayman Islands's figure about 12.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Cayman Islands ahead.

Cayman Islands ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 24th of 177 countries.

Cayman Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cayman Islands Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0208 units per square kilometre 0.0196 units per square kilometre 0.0013 units per square kilometre Cayman Islands
2010s 0.0563 units per square kilometre 0.0243 units per square kilometre 0.032 units per square kilometre Cayman Islands
2020s 0.4094 units per square kilometre 0.0233 units per square kilometre 0.3861 units per square kilometre Cayman Islands

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, Cayman Islands or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Cayman Islands, at 0.3875 units per square kilometre against 0.0311 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Cayman Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.3564 units per square kilometre, with Cayman Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cayman Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa?
13 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
How do Cayman Islands and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Cayman Islands ranks 21st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 24th 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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Indicator
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
224 places, 4,911 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.