New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
New Zealand
0.007 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0073 units per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand rank
107th
Papua New Guinea rank
106th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0073 units per square kilometre against 0.007 units per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0003 units per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 107th and Papua New Guinea ranks 106th of 177 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
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, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0073 units per square kilometre against 0.007 units per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0003 units per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Papua New Guinea?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
- How do New Zealand and Papua New Guinea rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 107th and Papua New Guinea ranks 106th 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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About this data
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.