Eritrea vs Syria: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country … capita origin
Eritrea
0.1538 units per person
in 2025
Syria
0.1899 units per person
in 2025
Eritrea rank
3rd
Syria rank
2nd
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country … capita origin over time
- Eritrea
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 0.1899 units per person against 0.1538 units per person in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0361 units per person.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.2 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 3rd and Syria ranks 2nd of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 4 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0003 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0002 units per person | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.0005 units per person | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.1753 units per person | 0.0004 units per person | 0.1749 units per person | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.0886 units per person | 0.0008 units per person | 0.0878 units per person | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.1217 units per person | 0.1871 units per person | 0.0654 units per person | Syria |
| 2020s | 0.1556 units per person | 0.2713 units per person | 0.1157 units per person | Syria |
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, Eritrea or Syria?
- Syria, at 0.1899 units per person against 0.1538 units per person in Eritrea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Eritrea and Syria?
- 0.0361 units per person, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Syria?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2025.
- How do Eritrea and Syria rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
- Eritrea ranks 3rd and Syria ranks 2nd 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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About this data
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.