Hong Kong, China vs Middle income: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre

Hong Kong, China
0.6505 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle income
0.0778 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Hong Kong, China rank
18th
Middle income rank
16th

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

  • Hong Kong, China
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 0.6505 units per square kilometre against 0.0778 units per square kilometre in Middle income, a difference of 0.5727 units per square kilometre.

That makes Hong Kong, China's figure about 8.4 times Middle income's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Middle income ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 18th and Middle income ranks 16th of 197 countries.

Hong Kong, China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong, China Middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0239 units per square kilometre 0.0074 units per square kilometre 0.0165 units per square kilometre Hong Kong, China
2010s 0.0743 units per square kilometre 0.0188 units per square kilometre 0.0555 units per square kilometre Hong Kong, China
2020s 0.7074 units per square kilometre 0.0609 units per square kilometre 0.6465 units per square kilometre Hong Kong, China

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, Hong Kong, China or Middle income?
Hong Kong, China, at 0.6505 units per square kilometre against 0.0778 units per square kilometre in Middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between Hong Kong, China and Middle income?
0.5727 units per square kilometre, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Middle income?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong, China and Middle income rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
Hong Kong, China ranks 18th and Middle income ranks 16th 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.