Costa Rica vs Small states: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Small states
0.1056 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Small states rank
5th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Small states
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1056 units per square kilometre in Small states, a difference of 3.68 units per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 35.9 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Small states ranks 5th of 177 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 0.0114 units per square kilometre | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.27 units per square kilometre | 0.0242 units per square kilometre | 0.2458 units per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 3.31 units per square kilometre | 0.0943 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 Small states?
- Costa Rica, at 3.79 units per square kilometre against 0.1056 units per square kilometre in 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 Small states?
- 3.68 units per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Small states?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Small states rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Small states ranks 5th 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.