United States of America vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre

United States of America
0.2844 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Upper middle income
0.0307 units per square kilometre
in 2023
United States of America rank
25th
Upper middle income rank
26th

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

  • United States of America
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.2844 units per square kilometre against 0.0307 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.2537 units per square kilometre.

That makes United States of America's figure about 9.3 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States of America ahead.

United States of America ranks 25th and Upper middle income ranks 26th of 177 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0251 units per square kilometre 0.0042 units per square kilometre 0.021 units per square kilometre United States of America
2010s 0.0355 units per square kilometre 0.0173 units per square kilometre 0.0182 units per square kilometre United States of America
2020s 0.1832 units per square kilometre 0.0339 units per square kilometre 0.1493 units per square kilometre United States of America

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, United States of America or Upper middle income?
United States of America, at 0.2844 units per square kilometre against 0.0307 units per square kilometre in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre between United States of America and Upper middle income?
0.2537 units per square kilometre, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Upper middle income?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do United States of America and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre?
United States of America ranks 25th and Upper middle income ranks 26th 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.