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Net Migration Rate, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1991 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 340.853; Eritrea is lowest, at -171.156. The middle country reads -0.516. Against 1990, 220 values changed (90 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1991

HighestKuwait

340.853

LowestEritrea

-171.156

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia340.853
AndorraANDSouthern Europe72.722
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean50.856
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa39.893
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean35.978
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa34.084
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean33.484
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia33.361
IsraelISRWestern Asia32.039
ArubaABWCaribbean29.289
AnguillaAIACaribbean24.706
JordanJORWestern Asia19.367
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia18.436
ChadTCDMiddle Africa18.127
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa17.293
OmanOMNWestern Asia17.244
MacauMACEastern Asia15.558
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia14.592
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean14.147
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia13.444
PalauPLWMicronesia12.360
QatarQATWestern Asia12.228
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe11.682
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe10.686
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.514

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait340.853
  2. Andorra72.722
  3. Sint Maarten50.856
  4. Liberia39.893
  5. Cayman Islands35.978

Lowest

  1. Eritrea-171.156
  2. Somalia-83.385
  3. Sierra Leone-56.276
  4. Montserrat-40.914
  5. Niue-27.330

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.516. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 90 · 130rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

  • Kuwait-709.899 → 340.853+1,050.752
  • Liberia-320.437 → 39.893+360.330
  • Afghanistan-38.083 → 2.679+40.762
  • Iraq-34.211 → -5.356+28.855
  • Chad-9.842 → 18.127+27.969

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 1991.

  • 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 (1991). Net Migration Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1991

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1991?

Kuwait, at 340.853, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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