Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs United Kingdom: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0461 units per square kilometre
in 2023
United Kingdom
0.5711 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
16th
United Kingdom rank
13th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.5711 units per square kilometre against 0.0461 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.525 units per square kilometre.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 12.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 13th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) United Kingdom Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0035 units per square kilometre 0.1091 units per square kilometre 0.1056 units per square kilometre United Kingdom
2010s 0.0131 units per square kilometre 0.1442 units per square kilometre 0.1311 units per square kilometre United Kingdom
2020s 0.0291 units per square kilometre 0.5039 units per square kilometre 0.4747 units per square kilometre United Kingdom

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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 0.5711 units per square kilometre against 0.0461 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
0.525 units per square kilometre, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United Kingdom?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and United Kingdom rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and United Kingdom ranks 13th of 45 groups.
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.