Jamaica vs Samoa: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita (capita)
Jamaica
0.0027 units per person
in 2025
Samoa
0.0023 units per person
in 2025
Jamaica rank
30th
Samoa rank
33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita (capita) over time
- Jamaica
- Samoa
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.0027 units per person against 0.0023 units per person in Samoa, a difference of 0.0004 units per person.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 30th and Samoa ranks 33rd of 198 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.0004 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0016 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita, Jamaica or Samoa?
- Jamaica, at 0.0027 units per person against 0.0023 units per person in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita between Jamaica and Samoa?
- 0.0004 units per person, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Samoa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Samoa rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 30th and Samoa ranks 33rd of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita. 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 origin divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.