Spain vs Switzerland: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Spain
0.4088 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Switzerland
0.478 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain rank
19th
Switzerland rank
16th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre over time
- Spain
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.478 units per square kilometre against 0.4088 units per square kilometre in Spain, a difference of 0.0692 units per square kilometre.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Switzerland ahead.
Spain ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 16th of 177 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 0.4334 units per square kilometre | 0.4269 units per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.0596 units per square kilometre | 0.5252 units per square kilometre | 0.4656 units per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.2732 units per square kilometre | 0.3002 units per square kilometre | 0.027 units per square kilometre | Switzerland |
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, Spain or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.478 units per square kilometre against 0.4088 units per square kilometre in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between Spain and Switzerland?
- 0.0692 units per square kilometre, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Switzerland?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
- How do Spain and Switzerland rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
- Spain ranks 19th and Switzerland ranks 16th 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.