Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Tonga: 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
Tonga
1.84 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
11th
Tonga rank
8th

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

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

Tonga currently reports 1.84 units per square kilometre against 0.0957 units per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 1.74 units per square kilometre.

That makes Tonga's figure about 19.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 11th and Tonga ranks 8th of 45 groups.

Tonga 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) Tonga Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0094 units per square kilometre 0.0363 units per square kilometre 0.0268 units per square kilometre Tonga
2010s 0.0591 units per square kilometre 0.1454 units per square kilometre 0.0863 units per square kilometre Tonga
2020s 0.0908 units per square kilometre 1.45 units per square kilometre 1.36 units per square kilometre Tonga

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 Tonga?
Tonga, at 1.84 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 Tonga?
1.74 units per square kilometre, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tonga?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Tonga 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 Tonga ranks 8th 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.