What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Democratic Republic of Congo and Lower middle income?

0.2811 units per square kilometre, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Lower middle income?

60 years are reported by both, from 1964 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.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Lower middle income: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR … square kilometre origin

Democratic Republic of Congo

0.4315 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Lower middle income

0.1504 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

28th

Lower middle income rank

25th

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR … square kilometre origin over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Lower middle income

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.4315 units per square kilometre against 0.1504 units per square kilometre in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.2811 units per square kilometre.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 2.9 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 28th and Lower middle income ranks 25th of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Lower middle income	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.028 units per square kilometre	0.0181 units per square kilometre	0.0099 units per square kilometre	Democratic Republic of Congo
1970s	0.035 units per square kilometre	0.0425 units per square kilometre	0.0075 units per square kilometre	Lower middle income
1980s	0.0433 units per square kilometre	0.0407 units per square kilometre	0.0026 units per square kilometre	Democratic Republic of Congo
1990s	0.0529 units per square kilometre	0.0594 units per square kilometre	0.0064 units per square kilometre	Lower middle income
2000s	0.1821 units per square kilometre	0.0665 units per square kilometre	0.1155 units per square kilometre	Democratic Republic of Congo
2010s	0.2522 units per square kilometre	0.0783 units per square kilometre	0.1739 units per square kilometre	Democratic Republic of Congo
2020s	0.4036 units per square kilometre	0.1368 units per square kilometre	0.2668 units per square kilometre	Democratic Republic of Congo

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, Democratic Republic of Congo or Lower middle income?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 0.4315 units per square kilometre against 0.1504 units per square kilometre in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between Democratic Republic of Congo and Lower middle income?: 0.2811 units per square kilometre, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Lower middle income?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Lower middle income rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 28th and Lower middle income ranks 25th 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.