Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Turkey: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.3284 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Turkey
4.22 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
20th
Turkey rank
17th

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

  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
  • Turkey
012345196119922023

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 4.22 units per square kilometre against 0.3284 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 3.89 units per square kilometre.

That makes Turkey's figure about 12.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 17th of 44 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) averaged higher in 5 and Turkey in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Turkey Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0308 units per square kilometre 0.0026 units per square kilometre 0.0282 units per square kilometre Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1970s 0.0772 units per square kilometre 0.0014 units per square kilometre 0.0758 units per square kilometre Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 0.1736 units per square kilometre 0.0073 units per square kilometre 0.1663 units per square kilometre Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 0.2307 units per square kilometre 0.0213 units per square kilometre 0.2094 units per square kilometre Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 0.1247 units per square kilometre 0.0063 units per square kilometre 0.1184 units per square kilometre Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 0.1835 units per square kilometre 2.42 units per square kilometre 2.24 units per square kilometre Turkey
2020s 0.3001 units per square kilometre 4.62 units per square kilometre 4.32 units per square kilometre Turkey

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, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Turkey?
Turkey, at 4.22 units per square kilometre against 0.3284 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey?
3.89 units per square kilometre, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Turkey rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 17th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Turkey: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/refugees-under-the-mandate-of-the-unhcr-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/turkiye/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/refugees-under-the-mandate-of-the-unhcr-by-country-or-territory-of-asylum-per-square/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/turkiye/">Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Turkey: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.