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Net Migration Rate, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2005 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 83.587; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -46.717. The middle country reads -0.671. Against 2004, 221 values changed (97 up, 124 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2005

HighestQatar

83.587

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-46.717

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia83.587
BahrainBHRWestern Asia48.983
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia37.499
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean33.059
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa30.602
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia30.239
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean27.636
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia25.222
MacauMACEastern Asia23.302
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia21.559
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean21.416
South SudanSSDEastern Africa17.505
AndorraANDSouthern Europe17.011
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa16.412
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe15.398
SpainESPSouthern Europe14.327
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.559
IcelandISLNorthern Europe13.223
CyprusCYPWestern Asia12.176
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe11.247
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.990
IranIRNSouthern Asia10.663
MontserratMSRCaribbean10.558
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa10.371
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia10.284

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar83.587
  2. Bahrain48.983
  3. United Arab Emirates37.499
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands33.059
  5. Liberia30.602

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-46.717
  2. Marshall Islands-28.552
  3. American Samoa-27.006
  4. Niue-26.820
  5. Micronesia-26.640

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.671. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 97 · 124rose · 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 2005.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.328. 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 (2005). Net Migration Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2005

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2005?

Qatar, at 83.587, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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