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

Republic of Korea
0.274 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0307 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Republic of Korea rank
26th
Upper middle income rank
26th

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

  • Republic of Korea
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 0.274 units per square kilometre against 0.0307 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.2433 units per square kilometre.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 8.9 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Republic of Korea ranks 26th and Upper middle income ranks 26th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Republic of Korea Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0049 units per square kilometre 0.0042 units per square kilometre 0.0007 units per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2010s 0.0784 units per square kilometre 0.0173 units per square kilometre 0.0611 units per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2020s 0.1919 units per square kilometre 0.0339 units per square kilometre 0.158 units per square kilometre Republic of Korea

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, Republic of Korea or Upper middle income?
Republic of Korea, at 0.274 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 Republic of Korea and Upper middle income?
0.2433 units per square kilometre, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Upper middle income?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Republic of Korea and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Republic of Korea ranks 26th 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.