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

Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Other small states
0.1676 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Other small states rank
1st

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Other small states
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1676 units per square kilometre in Other small states, a difference of 3.62 units per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 22.6 times Other small states's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Other small states ranks 1st of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Other small states Difference Ahead
2000s 0.012 units per square kilometre 0.0308 units per square kilometre 0.0188 units per square kilometre Other small states
2010s 0.27 units per square kilometre 0.0479 units per square kilometre 0.2221 units per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 3.31 units per square kilometre 0.1591 units per square kilometre 3.15 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 Other small states?
Costa Rica, at 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1676 units per square kilometre in Other small states as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Other small states?
3.62 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Other small states?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Other small states rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Other small states ranks 1st 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.