Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square

Papua New Guinea
0.0232 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.0261 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
110th
Zimbabwe rank
107th

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

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.0261 units per square kilometre against 0.0232 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0029 units per square kilometre.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 110th and Zimbabwe ranks 107th of 181 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0144 units per square kilometre 0.1881 units per square kilometre 0.1737 units per square kilometre Zimbabwe
1990s 0.0174 units per square kilometre 0.1899 units per square kilometre 0.1725 units per square kilometre Zimbabwe
2000s 0.0178 units per square kilometre 0.0183 units per square kilometre 0.0004 units per square kilometre Zimbabwe
2010s 0.0212 units per square kilometre 0.0167 units per square kilometre 0.0046 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0241 units per square kilometre 0.0254 units per square kilometre 0.0013 units per square kilometre Zimbabwe

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, Papua New Guinea or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 0.0261 units per square kilometre against 0.0232 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square between Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
0.0029 units per square kilometre, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square?
Papua New Guinea ranks 110th and Zimbabwe ranks 107th 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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Indicator
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
181 places, 6,976 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.