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Net Migration Rate, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 1999 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 55.257; Timor-Leste is lowest, at -315.012. The middle country reads -0.556. Against 1998, 221 values changed (96 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 1999

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

55.257

LowestTimor-Leste

-315.012

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia55.257
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia51.186
QatarQATWestern Asia37.249
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean25.076
ArubaABWCaribbean23.245
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean23.053
AnguillaAIACaribbean19.279
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa19.011
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean15.610
IsraelISRWestern Asia13.189
PalauPLWMicronesia12.856
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe12.822
South SudanSSDEastern Africa12.175
CyprusCYPWestern Asia11.837
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa11.759
MacauMACEastern Asia11.261
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.854
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia10.358
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.966
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa9.729
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.675
BelizeBLZCentral America8.444
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia8.375
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia7.948
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia7.327

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates55.257
  2. Northern Mariana Islands51.186
  3. Qatar37.249
  4. Cayman Islands25.076
  5. Aruba23.245

Lowest

  1. Timor-Leste-315.012
  2. Montserrat-105.152
  3. Kosovo-90.025
  4. Cook Islands-54.479
  5. Niue-38.380

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.556. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 96 · 125rose · 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 1999.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.135. 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 (1999). Net Migration Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/1999

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 1999?

United Arab Emirates, at 55.257, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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