Papua New Guinea vs Samoa: Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per)
Papua New Guinea
5.62 per 100,000 people
in 2025
Samoa
5.93 per 100,000 people
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
144th
Samoa rank
143rd
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per) over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 5.93 per 100,000 people against 5.62 per 100,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.31 per 100,000 people.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 144th and Samoa ranks 143rd of 241 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3457 per 100,000 people | 0.2621 per 100,000 people | 0.0837 per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 3.26 per 100,000 people | 0 per 100,000 people | 3.26 per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 5.12 per 100,000 people | 3.83 per 100,000 people | 1.29 per 100,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin, Papua New Guinea or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 5.93 per 100,000 people against 5.62 per 100,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin between Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 0.31 per 100,000 people, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Samoa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Samoa rank globally for number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 144th and Samoa ranks 143rd of 241 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin (per 100,000 population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.