Latin America & Caribbean vs Sri Lanka: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Latin America & Caribbean
0.0015 units per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.0068 units per person
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
26th
Sri Lanka rank
25th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Sri Lanka
00.0050.010.015196919972025

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0068 units per person against 0.0015 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0053 units per person.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 4.5 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 26th and Sri Lanka ranks 25th of 44 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0007 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0005 units per person Latin America & Caribbean
1990s 0.0003 units per person 0.0076 units per person 0.0073 units per person Sri Lanka
2000s 0.0004 units per person 0.0063 units per person 0.0059 units per person Sri Lanka
2010s 0.0007 units per person 0.0058 units per person 0.0051 units per person Sri Lanka
2020s 0.0011 units per person 0.0067 units per person 0.0056 units per person Sri Lanka

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 & Caribbean or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.0068 units per person against 0.0015 units per person in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Latin America & Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
0.0053 units per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
41 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Sri Lanka rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 26th and Sri Lanka ranks 25th 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 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.