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Net Migration Rate, 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1973 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 96.799; Macau is lowest, at -249.173. The middle country reads -0.569. Against 1972, 215 values changed (110 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1973

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

96.799

LowestMacau

-249.173

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia96.799
QatarQATWestern Asia65.750
AndorraANDSouthern Europe49.056
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean48.254
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia45.964
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa42.494
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean36.982
BahrainBHRWestern Asia25.262
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia23.352
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia20.321
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean20.246
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.934
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa16.270
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.584
SudanSDNNorthern Africa13.268
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa12.767
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia10.993
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean10.017
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand9.487
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa8.990
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa8.858
MonacoMCOWestern Europe8.695
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe8.662
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa8.554
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia7.902

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates96.799
  2. Qatar65.750
  3. Andorra49.056
  4. Sint Maarten48.254
  5. Northern Mariana Islands45.964

Lowest

  1. Macau-249.173
  2. Niue-70.957
  3. Cook Islands-57.559
  4. Equatorial Guinea-45.901
  5. Suriname-27.200

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.569. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 215values changed, of 222 in both
  • 110 · 105rose · 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 1973.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 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 (1973). Net Migration Rate, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1973

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1973?

United Arab Emirates, at 96.799, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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