Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre
Lesotho
0.0014 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0016 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Lesotho rank
173rd
Papua New Guinea rank
170th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre over time
- Lesotho
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0016 units per square kilometre against 0.0014 units per square kilometre in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0002 units per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 173rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 170th of 197 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.0121 units per square kilometre | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
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, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0016 units per square kilometre against 0.0014 units per square kilometre in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0002 units per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
- Lesotho ranks 173rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 170th 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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About this data
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.