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Net Migration Rate, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1971 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 123.647; Niue is lowest, at -47.241. The middle country reads -0.495. Against 1970, 216 values changed (101 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1971

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

123.647

LowestNiue

-47.241

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia123.647
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia85.533
QatarQATWestern Asia81.038
AndorraANDSouthern Europe54.381
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean46.458
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean45.055
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa39.862
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.642
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean23.693
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia23.588
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe21.036
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.478
IsraelISRWestern Asia17.678
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.233
MacauMACEastern Asia15.190
MonacoMCOWestern Europe14.567
BahrainBHRWestern Asia13.691
PalauPLWMicronesia13.266
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe12.499
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa12.339
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia11.812
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.913
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa10.001
CanadaCANNorthern America9.602
SurinameSURSouth America9.063

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates123.647
  2. Northern Mariana Islands85.533
  3. Qatar81.038
  4. Andorra54.381
  5. Sint Maarten46.458

Lowest

  1. Niue-47.241
  2. Equatorial Guinea-34.057
  3. Grenada-24.968
  4. Guinea-Bissau-22.691
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-22.535

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.495. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 216values changed, of 222 in both
  • 101 · 115rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

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 1971.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 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 (1971). Net Migration Rate, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1971

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1971?

United Arab Emirates, at 123.647, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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