What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

0.8547 units per square kilometre, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?

39 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

Central African Republic

1.22 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

0.3653 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

16th

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

15th

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

Central African Republic
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 1.22 units per square kilometre against 0.3653 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.8547 units per square kilometre.

That makes Central African Republic's figure about 3.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 15th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.0051 units per square kilometre	0.1905 units per square kilometre	0.1854 units per square kilometre	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s	0.0004 units per square kilometre	0.2394 units per square kilometre	0.239 units per square kilometre	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	0.0992 units per square kilometre	0.1476 units per square kilometre	0.0484 units per square kilometre	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	0.6205 units per square kilometre	0.216 units per square kilometre	0.4045 units per square kilometre	Central African Republic
2020s	1.16 units per square kilometre	0.3331 units per square kilometre	0.8256 units per square kilometre	Central African Republic

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, Central African Republic or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Central African Republic, at 1.22 units per square kilometre against 0.3653 units per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 0.8547 units per square kilometre, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?: Central African Republic ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 15th of 196 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 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 origin, per square kilometre
Unit: units per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 243 places, 9,411 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 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.