El Salvador vs Lesotho: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.0127 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Lesotho
0.012 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
94th
Lesotho rank
96th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0127 units per square kilometre against 0.012 units per square kilometre in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0007 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 94th and Lesotho ranks 96th of 177 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Lesotho Difference Ahead
2010s 0.0003 units per square kilometre 0.0005 units per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre Lesotho
2020s 0.0053 units per square kilometre 0.0087 units per square kilometre 0.0034 units per square kilometre Lesotho

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, El Salvador or Lesotho?
El Salvador, at 0.0127 units per square kilometre against 0.012 units per square kilometre in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Lesotho?
0.0007 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 94th and Lesotho ranks 96th 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.