Costa Rica vs North America: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
North America
0.1561 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
North America rank
2nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- North America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1561 units per square kilometre in North America, a difference of 3.63 units per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 24.3 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was North America ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and North America ranks 2nd of 177 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and North America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 0.0149 units per square kilometre | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | North America |
| 2010s | 0.27 units per square kilometre | 0.0203 units per square kilometre | 0.2497 units per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 3.31 units per square kilometre | 0.0997 units per square kilometre | 3.21 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 North America?
- Costa Rica, at 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1561 units per square kilometre in North America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and North America?
- 3.63 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and North America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and North America rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 2nd and North America 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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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.