El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

El Salvador
0.0107 units per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0084 units per person
in 2025
El Salvador rank
17th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
15th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0107 units per person against 0.0084 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0023 units per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0386 units per person 0.0081 units per person 0.0305 units per person El Salvador
1990s 0.0042 units per person 0.0086 units per person 0.0045 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 0.001 units per person 0.0041 units per person 0.0032 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 0.0028 units per person 0.0049 units per person 0.0021 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s 0.0096 units per person 0.007 units per person 0.0026 units per person El Salvador

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, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
El Salvador, at 0.0107 units per person against 0.0084 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0023 units per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
El Salvador ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, per capita. 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 origin, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
246 places, 10,098 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.