Papua New Guinea vs Somalia: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.0007 units per person
in 2024
Somalia
0.001 units per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
92nd
Somalia rank
90th

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Somalia
00.10.20.3197720002024

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 0.001 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0003 units per person.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Somalia ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 92nd and Somalia ranks 90th of 182 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Somalia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Somalia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0003 units per person 0.1701 units per person 0.1698 units per person Somalia
1980s 0.0018 units per person 0.1354 units per person 0.1336 units per person Somalia
1990s 0.0017 units per person 0.0073 units per person 0.0055 units per person Somalia
2000s 0.0012 units per person 0.0001 units per person 0.0012 units per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0011 units per person 0.0005 units per person 0.0006 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.001 units per person 0.0009 units per person 0.0001 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita, Papua New Guinea or Somalia?
Somalia, at 0.001 units per person against 0.0007 units per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita between Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
0.0003 units per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
46 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Somalia rank globally for refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 92nd and Somalia ranks 90th of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
182 places, 7,300 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.