Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Spain: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
0.0387 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
0.4088 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
18th
Spain rank
19th

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

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.4088 units per square kilometre against 0.0387 units per square kilometre in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 0.3701 units per square kilometre.

That makes Spain's figure about 10.6 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Spain ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 18th and Spain ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Spain Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0018 units per square kilometre 0.0066 units per square kilometre 0.0047 units per square kilometre Spain
2010s 0.0287 units per square kilometre 0.0596 units per square kilometre 0.0309 units per square kilometre Spain
2020s 0.0488 units per square kilometre 0.2732 units per square kilometre 0.2244 units per square kilometre Spain

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, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Spain?
Spain, at 0.4088 units per square kilometre against 0.0387 units per square kilometre in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Spain?
0.3701 units per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Spain?
15 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Spain rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 18th and Spain ranks 19th of 45 groups.
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.