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Net Migration Rate, 1960

1960, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1960 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 69.983; Macau is lowest, at -50.353. The middle country reads -0.078. Against 1959, 206 values changed (97 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1960

HighestKuwait

69.983

LowestMacau

-50.353

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, 1960, 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, 1960: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia69.983
AndorraANDSouthern Europe67.192
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean66.311
QatarQATWestern Asia44.043
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean40.811
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia23.619
BahamasBHSCaribbean19.688
JordanJORWestern Asia18.172
NauruNRUMicronesia16.495
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa15.111
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.843
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia11.115
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia10.571
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia10.323
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa10.299
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8.857
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa8.522
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.337
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe8.327
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.651
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe7.459
GreenlandGRLNorthern America7.289
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia6.724
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia6.609
CyprusCYPWestern Asia6.421

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait69.983
  2. Andorra67.192
  3. Sint Maarten66.311
  4. Qatar44.043
  5. United States Virgin Islands40.811

Lowest

  1. Macau-50.353
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-30.908
  3. Niue-30.670
  4. Saint Lucia-25.555
  5. Grenada-23.975

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.078. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 206values changed, of 222 in both
  • 97 · 109rose · fell
  • 16unchanged

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 1960.

  • 204 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 17 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 (1960). Net Migration Rate, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1960

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1960?

Kuwait, at 69.983, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1960 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1960?

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, 1960 the newest?

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

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