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

Malawi
0.1877 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Malaysia
0.1478 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi rank
31st
Malaysia rank
34th

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

  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.1877 units per square kilometre against 0.1478 units per square kilometre in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0399 units per square kilometre.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 34th of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Malaysia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0686 units per square kilometre 0.0257 units per square kilometre 0.0429 units per square kilometre Malawi
2010s 0.1809 units per square kilometre 0.1171 units per square kilometre 0.0638 units per square kilometre Malawi
2020s 0.2731 units per square kilometre 0.1485 units per square kilometre 0.1246 units per square kilometre Malawi

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, Malawi or Malaysia?
Malawi, at 0.1877 units per square kilometre against 0.1478 units per square kilometre in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Malawi and Malaysia?
0.0399 units per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Malaysia?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Malawi and Malaysia rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Malawi ranks 31st 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.