What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Kenya and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

0.9022 units per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.

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.

Kenya vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Kenya

0.9277 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

0.0255 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Kenya rank

36th

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

37th

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

Kenya
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.9277 units per square kilometre against 0.0255 units per square kilometre in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.9022 units per square kilometre.

That makes Kenya's figure about 36.4 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Kenya ranks 36th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.0061 units per square kilometre	0.0058 units per square kilometre	0.0004 units per square kilometre	Kenya
1980s	0.0139 units per square kilometre	0.0251 units per square kilometre	0.0113 units per square kilometre	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	0.3941 units per square kilometre	0.0179 units per square kilometre	0.3762 units per square kilometre	Kenya
2000s	0.4613 units per square kilometre	0.0076 units per square kilometre	0.4537 units per square kilometre	Kenya
2010s	0.8601 units per square kilometre	0.0163 units per square kilometre	0.8438 units per square kilometre	Kenya
2020s	0.851 units per square kilometre	0.0173 units per square kilometre	0.8337 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Kenya, at 0.9277 units per square kilometre against 0.0255 units per square kilometre in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 0.9022 units per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Kenya and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?: Kenya ranks 36th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th 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: 19 August 2026

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.