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

Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
European Union
0.2652 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
European Union rank
2nd

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

  • Costa Rica
  • European Union
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.2652 units per square kilometre in European Union, a difference of 3.52 units per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 14.3 times European Union's.

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

Costa Rica ranks 2nd and European Union ranks 2nd of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica European Union Difference Ahead
2000s 0.012 units per square kilometre 0.0664 units per square kilometre 0.0544 units per square kilometre European Union
2010s 0.27 units per square kilometre 0.1577 units per square kilometre 0.1123 units per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 3.31 units per square kilometre 0.203 units per square kilometre 3.1 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 European Union?
Costa Rica, at 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.2652 units per square kilometre in European Union as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and European Union?
3.52 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and European Union?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and European Union rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and European Union ranks 2nd 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.