Jamaica vs Samoa: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per 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 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.