El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre

El Salvador
6.42 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.1758 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
2nd
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
1st

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

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 6.42 units per square kilometre against 0.1758 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 6.24 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 36.5 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 24 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 2nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 197 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 3.99 units per square kilometre 0.0115 units per square kilometre 3.98 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 2.36 units per square kilometre 0.0216 units per square kilometre 2.33 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 7.05 units per square kilometre 0.1317 units per square kilometre 6.92 units per square kilometre El Salvador

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, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 6.42 units per square kilometre against 0.1758 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
6.24 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 2nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st 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.