Eritrea vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre

Eritrea
0.8656 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0957 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Eritrea rank
13th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
11th

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

  • Eritrea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 0.8656 units per square kilometre against 0.0957 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.7699 units per square kilometre.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 9.0 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

Eritrea ranks 13th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0775 units per square kilometre 0.0094 units per square kilometre 0.0681 units per square kilometre Eritrea
2010s 0.4048 units per square kilometre 0.0591 units per square kilometre 0.3457 units per square kilometre Eritrea
2020s 0.6893 units per square kilometre 0.0908 units per square kilometre 0.5985 units per square kilometre Eritrea

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, Eritrea or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Eritrea, at 0.8656 units per square kilometre against 0.0957 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.7699 units per square kilometre, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
Eritrea ranks 13th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th 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.