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Net Migration Rate, 1955

1955, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1955 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 89.044; Macau is lowest, at -43.967. The middle country reads -0.323. Against 1954, 194 values changed (87 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1955

HighestAndorra

89.044

LowestMacau

-43.967

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Net Migration Rate, 1955, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Net Migration Rate, 1955: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AndorraANDSouthern Europe89.044
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia80.579
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean44.137
JordanJORWestern Asia39.871
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia32.541
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia28.216
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia18.975
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia14.776
NauruNRUMicronesia14.159
IsraelISRWestern Asia13.428
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa11.941
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia10.620
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.319
BahamasBHSCaribbean8.411
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia7.382
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia6.989
South KoreaKOREastern Asia6.830
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe6.747
BahrainBHRWestern Asia6.690
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa6.671
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia6.603
GambiaGMBWestern Africa6.514
CanadaCANNorthern America6.103
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe5.680
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe5.293

02In 1955

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Andorra89.044
  2. Kuwait80.579
  3. Sint Maarten44.137
  4. Jordan39.871
  5. United Arab Emirates32.541

Lowest

  1. Macau-43.967
  2. Saint Lucia-34.892
  3. Niue-30.679
  4. American Samoa-28.552
  5. Anguilla-27.521

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031954 → 1955

Since 1954

What changed between 1954 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 194values changed, of 222 in both
  • 87 · 107rose · fell
  • 28unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1955.

  • 193 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 28 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1955). Net Migration Rate, 1955 [data set], describing 1955. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1955

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1955: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1955?

Andorra, at 89.044, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1955 describe?

1955.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1955 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1955?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Net Migration Rate, 1955 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Net Migration Rate, 2023.

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