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Net Migration Rate, 1983

1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1983 covers 222 countries. Saint Martin is highest, at 167.436; Niue is lowest, at -70.774. The middle country reads -0.438. Against 1982, 219 values changed (109 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1983

HighestSaint Martin

167.436

LowestNiue

-70.774

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean167.436
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia85.661
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean74.072
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa37.173
AndorraANDSouthern Europe33.946
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean33.065
QatarQATWestern Asia31.731
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia31.196
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean23.445
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean22.998
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.775
MacauMACEastern Asia20.281
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia18.207
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16.309
OmanOMNWestern Asia13.218
PalauPLWMicronesia11.072
BahrainBHRWestern Asia10.611
American SamoaASMPolynesia10.063
MalawiMWIEastern Africa9.671
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa9.474
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa9.133
JordanJORWestern Asia8.468
GambiaGMBWestern Africa8.449
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia8.237
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia7.825

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saint Martin167.436
  2. Northern Mariana Islands85.661
  3. Sint Maarten74.072
  4. Equatorial Guinea37.173
  5. Andorra33.946

Lowest

  1. Niue-70.774
  2. Libya-37.888
  3. Cook Islands-32.582
  4. Tonga-28.980
  5. Samoa-28.726

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.438. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 109 · 110rose · 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 1983.

  • 221 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 (1983). Net Migration Rate, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1983

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1983?

Saint Martin, at 167.436, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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