Costa Rica vs Cyprus: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Cyprus
3.43 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Cyprus rank
4th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Cyprus
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3.79 units per square kilometre against 3.43 units per square kilometre in Cyprus, a difference of 0.36 units per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cyprus ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Cyprus ranks 4th of 177 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Cyprus in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Cyprus Difference Ahead
2000s 0.012 units per square kilometre 0.7561 units per square kilometre 0.744 units per square kilometre Cyprus
2010s 0.27 units per square kilometre 0.6023 units per square kilometre 0.3324 units per square kilometre Cyprus
2020s 3.31 units per square kilometre 3.08 units per square kilometre 0.224 units per square kilometre Costa Rica

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, Costa Rica or Cyprus?
Costa Rica, at 3.79 units per square kilometre against 3.43 units per square kilometre in Cyprus as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Cyprus?
0.36 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Cyprus?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Cyprus rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Cyprus ranks 4th 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.