Macau, China vs Malaysia: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Macau, China
0.1623 units per square kilometre
in 2017
Malaysia
0.1478 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Macau, China rank
32nd
Malaysia rank
34th

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

  • Macau, China
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Macau, China currently reports 0.1623 units per square kilometre against 0.1478 units per square kilometre in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0145 units per square kilometre.

That makes Macau, China's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Macau, China ahead.

Macau, China ranks 32nd and Malaysia ranks 34th of 177 countries.

Macau, China has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Macau, China Malaysia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1695 units per square kilometre 0.0312 units per square kilometre 0.1383 units per square kilometre Macau, China
2010s 0.2074 units per square kilometre 0.1112 units per square kilometre 0.0962 units per square kilometre Macau, China

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, Macau, China or Malaysia?
Macau, China, at 0.1623 units per square kilometre against 0.1478 units per square kilometre in Malaysia as of 2017.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Macau, China and Malaysia?
0.0145 units per square kilometre, with Macau, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Macau, China and Malaysia?
9 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2017.
How do Macau, China and Malaysia rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Macau, China ranks 32nd and Malaysia ranks 34th 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.