Burkina Faso vs Mauritania: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square
Burkina Faso
0.1379 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania
0.1092 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
75th
Mauritania rank
77th
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mauritania
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 0.1379 units per square kilometre against 0.1092 units per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0287 units per square kilometre.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.3 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 75th and Mauritania ranks 77th of 181 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 0.0061 units per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.0454 units per square kilometre | 0.0315 units per square kilometre | 0.0139 units per square kilometre | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 0.0019 units per square kilometre | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.0889 units per square kilometre | 0.0678 units per square kilometre | 0.0211 units per square kilometre | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.1072 units per square kilometre | 0.0992 units per square kilometre | 0.008 units per square kilometre | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square, Burkina Faso or Mauritania?
- Burkina Faso, at 0.1379 units per square kilometre against 0.1092 units per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square between Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 0.0287 units per square kilometre, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mauritania?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mauritania rank globally for refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square?
- Burkina Faso ranks 75th and Mauritania ranks 77th of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Refugee population 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.