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Net Migration Rate, 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1976 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 128.117; Niue is lowest, at -77.347. The middle country reads -0.678. Against 1975, 217 values changed (94 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1976

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

128.117

LowestNiue

-77.347

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia128.117
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa69.464
QatarQATWestern Asia50.198
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa46.260
AndorraANDSouthern Europe43.689
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean42.098
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean33.487
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia30.584
TuvaluTUVPolynesia26.700
BahrainBHRWestern Asia23.477
MacauMACEastern Asia21.405
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa19.775
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa18.445
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17.726
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia17.696
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.580
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia17.392
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia15.901
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa15.707
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean14.340
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.137
OmanOMNWestern Asia10.187
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean9.910
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe9.782
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia9.125

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates128.117
  2. Djibouti69.464
  3. Qatar50.198
  4. Guinea-Bissau46.260
  5. Andorra43.689

Lowest

  1. Niue-77.347
  2. Cook Islands-56.061
  3. Equatorial Guinea-33.366
  4. Kiribati-29.590
  5. Suriname-29.311

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 222 in both
  • 94 · 123rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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 1976.

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 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 (1976). Net Migration Rate, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1976

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1976?

United Arab Emirates, at 128.117, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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