Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre by country
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 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.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
5.58 units per square kilometre
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Uzbekistan
Median
0.0163 units per square kilometre
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,911
What the numbers show
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 5.58 units per square kilometre in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0163 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.2134 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 101,586.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75,207.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32,567.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cyprus | 3.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,104.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Malta | 2.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium | 1.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 286.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 1.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 273.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 1.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 435.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Lebanon | 0.7443 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 237.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Nauru | 0.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 0.5711 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 450.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Rwanda | 0.5132 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,928.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 0.4968 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 977.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Switzerland | 0.478 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 0.461 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 18 | Jordan | 0.4479 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 807.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Spain | 0.4088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,623.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 0.3972 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101,586.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 0.3875 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,760.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Djibouti | 0.3642 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.323 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 307.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.2885 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 323.4% | volatile |
| 25 | United States | 0.2844 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,985.3% | volatile |
| 26 | South Korea | 0.274 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,018.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 0.2633 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 0.2536 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Egypt | 0.2333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 903.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Uganda | 0.1878 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 0.1877 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Macao | 0.1623 units per square kilometre | 2017 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 33 | Bahrain | 0.1525 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 0.1478 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 35 | France | 0.1478 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 0.1381 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63,513.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 0.1324 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19,008.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1178 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,185.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Panama | 0.1135 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,252.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 0.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Eswatini | 0.103 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.7% | volatile |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0992 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,418.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Benin | 0.0899 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,459.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Burundi | 0.0884 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 0.0868 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 410.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Belize | 0.0865 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,082.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Togo | 0.0809 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 932.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Pakistan | 0.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,045.0% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.0716 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.0714 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,060.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Japan | 0.0656 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 255.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Liechtenstein | 0.0625 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 0.0589 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Slovenia | 0.0568 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22,766.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 0.0565 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,754.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 0.0522 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,133.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Kuwait | 0.0493 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Tanzania | 0.0453 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,763.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Gambia | 0.0441 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Nigeria | 0.0375 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4,108.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Somalia | 0.0327 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 0.0322 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,499.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Libya | 0.0312 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 731.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Ecuador | 0.031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Iraq | 0.029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Yemen | 0.0289 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 0.0285 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 745.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Iceland | 0.0283 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 961.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Niger | 0.0281 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46,702.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Sweden | 0.0277 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Syria | 0.0265 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 0.0254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 225.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Finland | 0.0244 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 392.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Angola | 0.0243 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.0234 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Barbados | 0.0233 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 77 | Poland | 0.0228 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 224.0% | rising |
| 78 | Canada | 0.0225 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 811.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Armenia | 0.0218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 787.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Cameroon | 0.0218 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Colombia | 0.0215 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41,006.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Sudan | 0.0212 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 266.1% | rising |
| 83 | Congo | 0.0193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,550.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Ghana | 0.0185 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | 0.0171 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,954.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Moldova | 0.0169 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 795.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Suriname | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,967.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Czechia | 0.0161 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 324.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Georgia | 0.0151 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.0138 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 539.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Norway | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Montenegro | 0.0129 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,160.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Qatar | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,314.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Lesotho | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Australia | 0.0107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 510.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 0.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 0.0095 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Latvia | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 0.0082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Brazil | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,372.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Estonia | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,246.6% | volatile |
| 104 | South Sudan | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13,430.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Zambia | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 716.3% | volatile |
| 107 | New Zealand | 0.007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 532.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,187.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 217.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0.0058 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 606.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Lithuania | 0.0053 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 350.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Romania | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 782.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Paraguay | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | India | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Senegal | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 117 | Chad | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,522.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,413.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahamas | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.5% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Argentina | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 693.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Namibia | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 124 | Nepal | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Indonesia | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Belarus | 0.002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 382.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Serbia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovakia | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,925.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Venezuela | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Madagascar | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Algeria | 0.0015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Oman | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 426.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 726.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Honduras | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 359.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 309.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Gabon | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Guyana | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Cuba | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Mali | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 543.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Botswana | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 152 | China | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Bolivia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,420.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Russia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Cambodia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Aruba | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Curacao | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Fiji | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Grenada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Hong Kong | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Haiti | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Iran | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Jamaica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Singapore | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | East Timor | 0 units per square kilometre | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 0.3648 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 0.1676 units per square kilometre
- European Union 0.2652 units per square kilometre
- North America 0.1561 units per square kilometre
- OECD members 0.1372 units per square kilometre
- Post-demographic dividend 0.1313 units per square kilometre
- Small states 0.1056 units per square kilometre
- High income 0.0862 units per square kilometre
- Caribbean Small States 0.0807 units per square kilometre
- IDA blend 0.0662 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0579 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0576 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0529 units per square kilometre
- World 0.0529 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0505 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0473 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0461 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0461 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0397 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0387 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 0.0377 units per square kilometre
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0373 units per square kilometre
- Arab World 0.0367 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 0.0328 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0311 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0311 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0311 units per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 0.0307 units per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 0.0307 units per square kilometre
- IDA total 0.0287 units per square kilometre
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0281 units per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0279 units per square kilometre
- IBRD only 0.0277 units per square kilometre
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0229 units per square kilometre
- Low income 0.0216 units per square kilometre
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0215 units per square kilometre
- Africa Western and Central 0.021 units per square kilometre
- Least developed countries 0.0206 units per square kilometre
- IDA only 0.0196 units per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0115 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 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.
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 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.