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Net Migration Rate, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1990 covers 222 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 86.224; Kuwait is lowest, at -709.899. The middle country reads -0.830. Against 1989, 220 values changed (106 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1990

HighestDjibouti

86.224

LowestKuwait

-709.899

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa86.224
JordanJORWestern Asia73.470
AndorraANDSouthern Europe61.658
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean51.780
IsraelISRWestern Asia39.325
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean38.386
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia35.358
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa31.354
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean26.439
AnguillaAIACaribbean25.598
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean22.350
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia22.026
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand20.734
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.256
OmanOMNWestern Asia17.983
MacauMACEastern Asia17.803
GuineaGINWestern Africa16.729
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.076
ArubaABWCaribbean13.642
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe12.311
QatarQATWestern Asia11.850
GambiaGMBWestern Africa10.659
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.458
PalauPLWMicronesia10.223
BahrainBHRWestern Asia9.887

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Djibouti86.224
  2. Jordan73.470
  3. Andorra61.658
  4. Sint Maarten51.780
  5. Israel39.325

Lowest

  1. Kuwait-709.899
  2. Liberia-320.437
  3. Afghanistan-38.083
  4. Somalia-35.036
  5. Iraq-34.211

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.830. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 106 · 114rose · 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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Net Migration Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1990

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1990?

Djibouti, at 86.224, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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