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Net Migration Rate, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1979 covers 222 countries. Somalia is highest, at 106.943; Niue is lowest, at -52.293. The middle country reads -0.950. Against 1978, 220 values changed (105 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1979

HighestSomalia

106.943

LowestNiue

-52.293

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa106.943
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia90.172
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa48.359
QatarQATWestern Asia40.461
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean35.486
AndorraANDSouthern Europe33.872
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia26.261
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean25.992
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia23.254
BahrainBHRWestern Asia20.113
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa20.045
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia19.781
MacauMACEastern Asia18.204
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa17.652
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.584
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia13.972
OmanOMNWestern Asia13.182
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean11.394
MonacoMCOWestern Europe11.379
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.655
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean8.760
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa8.176
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia7.874
MalawiMWIEastern Africa7.694
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe7.692

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Somalia106.943
  2. United Arab Emirates90.172
  3. Djibouti48.359
  4. Qatar40.461
  5. Sint Maarten35.486

Lowest

  1. Niue-52.293
  2. Afghanistan-38.476
  3. Suriname-30.124
  4. Grenada-28.726
  5. Tonga-26.696

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.950. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 105 · 115rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 1979.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 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 (1979). Net Migration Rate, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1979

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1979?

Somalia, at 106.943, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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