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Net Migration Rate, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1972 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 108.796; Niue is lowest, at -65.182. The middle country reads -0.354. Against 1971, 215 values changed (111 up, 104 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1972

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

108.796

LowestNiue

-65.182

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia108.796
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia75.337
QatarQATWestern Asia72.782
AndorraANDSouthern Europe51.270
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean47.016
MacauMACEastern Asia46.150
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa40.239
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean31.878
BahrainBHRWestern Asia25.567
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia23.887
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean22.402
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.137
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.809
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia14.194
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa13.065
PalauPLWMicronesia12.055
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.971
MonacoMCOWestern Europe11.825
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.435
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.167
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa9.539
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa9.493
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean9.129
IsraelISRWestern Asia8.903
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe8.321

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates108.796
  2. Northern Mariana Islands75.337
  3. Qatar72.782
  4. Andorra51.270
  5. Sint Maarten47.016

Lowest

  1. Niue-65.182
  2. Cook Islands-55.033
  3. Equatorial Guinea-43.869
  4. Burundi-32.749
  5. Grenada-25.937

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 215values changed, of 222 in both
  • 111 · 104rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Net Migration Rate, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1972

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1972?

United Arab Emirates, at 108.796, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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