Papua New Guinea vs South Sudan: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
0.0073 units per square kilometre
in 2023
South Sudan
0.0077 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
106th
South Sudan rank
104th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Papua New Guinea
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 0.0077 units per square kilometre against 0.0073 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0004 units per square kilometre.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 106th and South Sudan ranks 104th of 177 countries.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 0.006 units per square kilometre | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | South Sudan |
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, Papua New Guinea or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 0.0077 units per square kilometre against 0.0073 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and South Sudan?
- 0.0004 units per square kilometre, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and South Sudan?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and South Sudan rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 106th and South Sudan ranks 104th 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.