Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Syria: 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
Syria
0.9963 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
11th
Syria rank
11th

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

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

Syria currently reports 0.9963 units per square kilometre against 0.0957 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.9006 units per square kilometre.

That makes Syria's figure about 10.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

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

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Syria Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0094 units per square kilometre 0.0283 units per square kilometre 0.0189 units per square kilometre Syria
2010s 0.0591 units per square kilometre 0.548 units per square kilometre 0.4889 units per square kilometre Syria
2020s 0.0908 units per square kilometre 0.7984 units per square kilometre 0.7075 units per square kilometre Syria

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 Syria?
Syria, at 0.9963 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 Syria?
0.9006 units per square kilometre, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Syria?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Syria 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 Syria ranks 11th 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.