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Net Migration Rate, 2006

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2006 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 209.940; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -50.229. The middle country reads -0.708. Against 2005, 220 values changed (118 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2006

HighestQatar

209.940

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-50.229

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia209.940
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia79.716
JordanJORWestern Asia78.198
BahrainBHRWestern Asia46.867
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia41.056
SyriaSYRWestern Asia34.777
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean31.723
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia30.774
AndorraANDSouthern Europe28.812
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean28.743
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.517
MacauMACEastern Asia22.467
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa22.329
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe22.141
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean20.671
South SudanSSDEastern Africa19.297
IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.441
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa17.054
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia15.950
SpainESPSouthern Europe14.760
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.752
CyprusCYPWestern Asia11.485
MontserratMSRCaribbean11.350
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.711
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe9.732

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar209.940
  2. United Arab Emirates79.716
  3. Jordan78.198
  4. Bahrain46.867
  5. Kuwait41.056

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-50.229
  2. Iraq-42.173
  3. Marshall Islands-28.677
  4. Micronesia-27.814
  5. American Samoa-25.898

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.708. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 118 · 102rose · 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 2006.

  • 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 (2006). Net Migration Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2006

0674 held

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2006?

Qatar, at 209.940, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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