El Salvador vs Haiti: Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of

El Salvador
3.31 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Haiti
4.43 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
10th
Haiti rank
8th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Haiti
051015197419982023

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 4.43 units per square kilometre against 3.31 units per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 1.12 units per square kilometre.

That makes Haiti's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 10th and Haiti ranks 8th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Haiti in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Haiti Difference Ahead
1980s 8.94 units per square kilometre 0.1771 units per square kilometre 8.76 units per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 1.14 units per square kilometre 0.3154 units per square kilometre 0.824 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.2828 units per square kilometre 0.5193 units per square kilometre 0.2365 units per square kilometre Haiti
2010s 0.8452 units per square kilometre 1.16 units per square kilometre 0.3195 units per square kilometre Haiti
2020s 2.71 units per square kilometre 1.88 units per square kilometre 0.8313 units per square kilometre 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 Haiti?
Haiti, at 4.43 units per square kilometre against 3.31 units per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of between El Salvador and Haiti?
1.12 units per square kilometre, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Haiti?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Haiti rank globally for refugees under the mandate of the unhcr by country or territory of?
El Salvador ranks 10th and Haiti ranks 8th 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

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.