Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Rwanda: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
0.0397 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda
0.5132 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
17th
Rwanda rank
14th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.5132 units per square kilometre against 0.0397 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 0.4735 units per square kilometre.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 12.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 17th and Rwanda ranks 14th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Rwanda Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0031 units per square kilometre 0.0845 units per square kilometre 0.0815 units per square kilometre Rwanda
2010s 0.0122 units per square kilometre 0.019 units per square kilometre 0.0069 units per square kilometre Rwanda
2020s 0.0269 units per square kilometre 0.1418 units per square kilometre 0.115 units per square kilometre Rwanda

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 or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 0.5132 units per square kilometre against 0.0397 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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 and Rwanda?
0.4735 units per square kilometre, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Rwanda?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Rwanda rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 17th and Rwanda ranks 14th 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.