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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.0957 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Nauru
0.8 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
11th
Nauru rank
14th

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

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

Nauru currently reports 0.8 units per square kilometre against 0.0957 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.7043 units per square kilometre.

That makes Nauru's figure about 8.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Nauru ranks 14th of 45 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Nauru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Nauru Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0099 units per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 0.0099 units per square kilometre Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 0.0522 units per square kilometre 0.5 units per square kilometre 0.4478 units per square kilometre Nauru
2020s 0.0908 units per square kilometre 0.8375 units per square kilometre 0.7467 units per square kilometre Nauru

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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Nauru?
Nauru, at 0.8 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru?
0.7043 units per square kilometre, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru?
7 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Nauru rank globally for asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Nauru ranks 14th 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.