Jamaica vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita
Jamaica
0.0027 units per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.0007 units per person
in 2025
Jamaica rank
30th
Upper middle income rank
31st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita over time
- Jamaica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.0027 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.002 units per person.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 4.1 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Jamaica ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 198 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.0019 units per person | 0.0006 units per person | 0.0013 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 Upper middle income?
- Jamaica, at 0.0027 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita between Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 0.002 units per person, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita?
- Jamaica ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 31st 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.