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Net Migration Rate, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1998 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 60.297; Kosovo is lowest, at -141.796. The middle country reads -0.470. Against 1997, 221 values changed (113 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1998

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

60.297

LowestKosovo

-141.796

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia60.297
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia59.393
QatarQATWestern Asia38.960
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa37.153
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean26.380
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean23.762
ArubaABWCaribbean23.372
AnguillaAIACaribbean18.222
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean17.361
PalauPLWMicronesia15.115
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa14.802
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe13.349
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia13.304
CyprusCYPWestern Asia11.964
South SudanSSDEastern Africa11.438
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa11.391
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia11.280
MacauMACEastern Asia11.175
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia10.715
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.837
BelizeBLZCentral America9.562
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia9.151
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe9.133
IsraelISRWestern Asia9.104
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia8.341

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates60.297
  2. Northern Mariana Islands59.393
  3. Qatar38.960
  4. Liberia37.153
  5. Cayman Islands26.380

Lowest

  1. Kosovo-141.796
  2. Montserrat-100.928
  3. Cook Islands-52.286
  4. Niue-36.866
  5. Saint Martin-32.089

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.470. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 113 · 108rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1998.

  • 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 (1998). Net Migration Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1998

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1998?

United Arab Emirates, at 60.297, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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