Kenya vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Kenya
0.2633 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0307 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya rank
27th
Upper middle income rank
26th

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

  • Kenya
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.2633 units per square kilometre against 0.0307 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.2326 units per square kilometre.

That makes Kenya's figure about 8.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 26th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0186 units per square kilometre 0.0042 units per square kilometre 0.0144 units per square kilometre Kenya
2010s 0.0756 units per square kilometre 0.0173 units per square kilometre 0.0584 units per square kilometre Kenya
2020s 0.1433 units per square kilometre 0.0339 units per square kilometre 0.1094 units per square kilometre Kenya

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, Kenya or Upper middle income?
Kenya, at 0.2633 units per square kilometre against 0.0307 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Kenya and Upper middle income?
0.2326 units per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Upper middle income?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Kenya ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 26th 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.