Latin America & Caribbean vs Nicaragua: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre

Latin America & Caribbean
0.1659 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Nicaragua
2.56 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean rank
2nd
Nicaragua rank
4th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 2.56 units per square kilometre against 0.1659 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 2.39 units per square kilometre.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 15.4 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd and Nicaragua ranks 4th of 45 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0109 units per square kilometre 0.048 units per square kilometre 0.0371 units per square kilometre Nicaragua
2010s 0.0203 units per square kilometre 0.0888 units per square kilometre 0.0685 units per square kilometre Nicaragua
2020s 0.1241 units per square kilometre 1.69 units per square kilometre 1.56 units per square kilometre Nicaragua

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, Latin America & Caribbean or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 2.56 units per square kilometre against 0.1659 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2023.
What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua?
2.39 units per square kilometre, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd and Nicaragua ranks 4th of 45 groups.
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.