Costa Rica vs Trinidad and Tobago: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
3.79 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Trinidad and Tobago
5.58 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
2nd
Trinidad and Tobago rank
1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 5.58 units per square kilometre against 3.79 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.79 units per square kilometre.
That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.5 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 1st of 177 countries.
Trinidad and Tobago has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | 0.0248 units per square kilometre | 0.0148 units per square kilometre | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 0.27 units per square kilometre | 0.5806 units per square kilometre | 0.3106 units per square kilometre | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 3.31 units per square kilometre | 4.41 units per square kilometre | 1.1 units per square kilometre | Trinidad and Tobago |
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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 5.58 units per square kilometre against 3.79 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 1.79 units per square kilometre, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 2nd and Trinidad and Tobago 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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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.