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Net Migration Rate, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1988 covers 222 countries. Saint Martin is highest, at 83.372; Somalia is lowest, at -57.448. The middle country reads -0.510. Against 1987, 220 values changed (101 up, 119 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1988

HighestSaint Martin

83.372

LowestSomalia

-57.448

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean83.372
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean53.908
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia51.196
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia41.022
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa35.585
AndorraANDSouthern Europe34.341
AnguillaAIACaribbean27.241
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean26.972
MalawiMWIEastern Africa22.964
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean22.140
MacauMACEastern Asia21.853
OmanOMNWestern Asia19.801
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.526
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa18.603
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean16.055
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.258
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia14.735
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia14.382
JordanJORWestern Asia12.487
QatarQATWestern Asia12.445
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe11.733
BahrainBHRWestern Asia11.031
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe10.523
GambiaGMBWestern Africa10.500
MonacoMCOWestern Europe10.208

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saint Martin83.372
  2. Sint Maarten53.908
  3. Northern Mariana Islands51.196
  4. United Arab Emirates41.022
  5. Djibouti35.585

Lowest

  1. Somalia-57.448
  2. Guyana-27.460
  3. Samoa-25.935
  4. Niue-24.030
  5. Dominica-23.411

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.510. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 101 · 119rose · 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 1988.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.396. 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 (1988). Net Migration Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1988

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1988?

Saint Martin, at 83.372, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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