Samoa vs Upper middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita

Samoa
0.0023 units per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.0007 units per person
in 2025
Samoa rank
33rd
Upper middle income rank
31st

Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita over time

  • Samoa
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.0023 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0016 units per person.

That makes Samoa's figure about 3.5 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Samoa ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 198 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0 units per person 0.0002 units per person 0.0001 units per person Upper middle income
2010s 0.0001 units per person 0.0002 units per person 0.0001 units per person Upper middle income
2020s 0.0016 units per person 0.0006 units per person 0.001 units per person Samoa

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, Samoa or Upper middle income?
Samoa, at 0.0023 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 Samoa and Upper middle income?
0.0016 units per person, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Upper middle income?
17 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
How do Samoa and Upper middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita?
Samoa ranks 33rd 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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Indicator
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 6,098 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

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.