Luxembourg vs Malta: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Luxembourg
1.45 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Malta
2.55 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Luxembourg rank
7th
Malta rank
5th

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

  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
051015200020112023

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2.55 units per square kilometre against 1.45 units per square kilometre in Luxembourg, a difference of 1.1 units per square kilometre.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.8 times Luxembourg's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Luxembourg ranks 7th and Malta ranks 5th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Malta Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0543 units per square kilometre 3.21 units per square kilometre 3.16 units per square kilometre Malta
2010s 0.5874 units per square kilometre 4.03 units per square kilometre 3.44 units per square kilometre Malta
2020s 0.925 units per square kilometre 8.29 units per square kilometre 7.36 units per square kilometre Malta

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, Luxembourg or Malta?
Malta, at 2.55 units per square kilometre against 1.45 units per square kilometre in Luxembourg as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Luxembourg and Malta?
1.1 units per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Malta?
18 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2023.
How do Luxembourg and Malta rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Luxembourg ranks 7th and Malta ranks 5th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Luxembourg vs Malta: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/asylum-seekers-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square-kilometre/luxembourg/malta/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/asylum-seekers-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square-kilometre/luxembourg/malta/">Luxembourg vs Malta: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.