Kenya vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Kenya
0.9277 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0253 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya rank
36th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
39th

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of over time

  • Kenya
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.9277 units per square kilometre against 0.0253 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.9024 units per square kilometre.

That makes Kenya's figure about 36.7 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Kenya ranks 36th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0061 units per square kilometre 0.005 units per square kilometre 0.0012 units per square kilometre Kenya
1980s 0.0139 units per square kilometre 0.0228 units per square kilometre 0.0089 units per square kilometre Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 0.3941 units per square kilometre 0.0154 units per square kilometre 0.3787 units per square kilometre Kenya
2000s 0.4613 units per square kilometre 0.007 units per square kilometre 0.4543 units per square kilometre Kenya
2010s 0.8601 units per square kilometre 0.0158 units per square kilometre 0.8443 units per square kilometre Kenya
2020s 0.851 units per square kilometre 0.0172 units per square kilometre 0.8339 units per square kilometre Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of, Kenya or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Kenya, at 0.9277 units per square kilometre against 0.0253 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Kenya and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.9024 units per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
Kenya ranks 36th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
226 places, 9,772 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum 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.