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Net Migration Rate, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1981 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 104.361; Afghanistan is lowest, at -167.378. The middle country reads -0.798. Against 1980, 219 values changed (96 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1981

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

104.361

LowestAfghanistan

-167.378

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia104.361
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean59.615
QatarQATWestern Asia36.259
IranIRNSouthern Asia34.584
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia34.186
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia33.916
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean32.281
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa31.673
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean27.820
AndorraANDSouthern Europe24.948
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean24.829
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.860
MacauMACEastern Asia21.033
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa19.111
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia18.694
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa17.792
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa16.039
OmanOMNWestern Asia13.467
BahrainBHRWestern Asia12.109
American SamoaASMPolynesia10.243
PalauPLWMicronesia9.676
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa9.167
MalawiMWIEastern Africa8.805
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa8.406
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.156

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands104.361
  2. Sint Maarten59.615
  3. Qatar36.259
  4. Iran34.584
  5. United Arab Emirates34.186

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan-167.378
  2. Niue-65.125
  3. Somalia-55.513
  4. Tonga-28.373
  5. Cook Islands-26.243

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.798. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 96 · 123rose · 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 1981.

  • 220 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 (1981). Net Migration Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1981

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1981?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 104.361, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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