Costa Rica vs Kiribati: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre

Costa Rica
0.033 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Kiribati
0.0333 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
97th
Kiribati rank
96th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Kiribati
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 0.0333 units per square kilometre against 0.033 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0003 units per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 97th and Kiribati ranks 96th of 197 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Kiribati in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Kiribati Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0025 units per square kilometre 0.0021 units per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 0.003 units per square kilometre 0.0041 units per square kilometre 0.0011 units per square kilometre Kiribati
2020s 0.0258 units per square kilometre 0.0255 units per square kilometre 0.0003 units per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Kiribati?
Kiribati, at 0.0333 units per square kilometre against 0.033 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Kiribati?
0.0003 units per square kilometre, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kiribati?
15 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Kiribati rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 97th and Kiribati ranks 96th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, 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 origin, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
244 places, 5,589 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 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.