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

0.7464 units per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.

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

55 years are reported by both, from 1969 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.

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

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

0.0255 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Spain

0.7719 units per square kilometre

in 2023

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

37th

Spain rank

40th

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

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

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.7719 units per square kilometre against 0.0255 units per square kilometre in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.7464 units per square kilometre.

That makes Spain's figure about 30.3 times Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Spain ahead.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th and Spain ranks 40th of 44 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0049 units per square kilometre	0.046 units per square kilometre	0.0411 units per square kilometre	Spain
1970s	0.0058 units per square kilometre	0.048 units per square kilometre	0.0423 units per square kilometre	Spain
1980s	0.0251 units per square kilometre	0.0293 units per square kilometre	0.0041 units per square kilometre	Spain
1990s	0.0179 units per square kilometre	0.0113 units per square kilometre	0.0066 units per square kilometre	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	0.0076 units per square kilometre	0.0113 units per square kilometre	0.0038 units per square kilometre	Spain
2010s	0.0163 units per square kilometre	0.0276 units per square kilometre	0.0113 units per square kilometre	Spain
2020s	0.0173 units per square kilometre	0.4635 units per square kilometre	0.4461 units per square kilometre	Spain

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, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) or Spain?: Spain, at 0.7719 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 Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Spain?: 0.7464 units per square kilometre, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Spain?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2023.
How do Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) and Spain rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th and Spain ranks 40th of 44 groups.
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.