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Net Migration Rate, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1980 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 84.934; Afghanistan is lowest, at -89.165. The middle country reads -0.752. Against 1979, 219 values changed (121 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1980

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

84.934

LowestAfghanistan

-89.165

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia84.934
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia76.940
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa55.472
QatarQATWestern Asia38.200
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean34.428
BurundiBDIEastern Africa34.072
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean32.957
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa31.064
AndorraANDSouthern Europe28.227
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia21.587
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.043
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean19.964
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa19.489
BahrainBHRWestern Asia18.778
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia17.408
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.011
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa16.986
MacauMACEastern Asia13.368
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia13.103
OmanOMNWestern Asia12.610
SudanSDNNorthern Africa12.228
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa11.037
MonacoMCOWestern Europe9.439
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.090
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa8.875

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands84.934
  2. United Arab Emirates76.940
  3. Zimbabwe55.472
  4. Qatar38.200
  5. Cayman Islands34.428

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan-89.165
  2. Niue-60.006
  3. Chad-46.535
  4. Grenada-30.295
  5. Tonga-27.698

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.752. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 121 · 98rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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 1980.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 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 (1980). Net Migration Rate, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1980

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1980?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 84.934, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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