Nigeria vs Somalia: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

Nigeria
0.0375 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Somalia
0.0327 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
60th
Somalia rank
61st

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

  • Nigeria
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.0375 units per square kilometre against 0.0327 units per square kilometre in Somalia, a difference of 0.0048 units per square kilometre.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 60th and Somalia ranks 61st of 177 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Somalia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0008 units per square kilometre 0.0079 units per square kilometre 0.0071 units per square kilometre Somalia
2010s 0.0019 units per square kilometre 0.0206 units per square kilometre 0.0187 units per square kilometre Somalia
2020s 0.011 units per square kilometre 0.0273 units per square kilometre 0.0163 units per square kilometre Somalia

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, Nigeria or Somalia?
Nigeria, at 0.0375 units per square kilometre against 0.0327 units per square kilometre in Somalia as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Nigeria and Somalia?
0.0048 units per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Somalia?
23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Somalia rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
Nigeria ranks 60th and Somalia ranks 61st 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.