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Net Migration Rate, 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2008 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 116.033; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -51.829. The middle country reads -0.265. Against 2007, 220 values changed (115 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2008

HighestQatar

116.033

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-51.829

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia116.033
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia83.014
BahrainBHRWestern Asia42.539
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia36.653
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia36.308
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean30.918
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean30.166
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.098
MacauMACEastern Asia20.943
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia19.273
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean19.061
South SudanSSDEastern Africa18.776
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa18.372
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia17.952
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.297
IraqIRQWestern Asia13.696
MontserratMSRCaribbean13.684
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.904
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe12.357
AndorraANDSouthern Europe11.342
CyprusCYPWestern Asia10.895
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe9.472
SpainESPSouthern Europe9.390
BurundiBDIEastern Africa9.325
AnguillaAIACaribbean9.310

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar116.033
  2. United Arab Emirates83.014
  3. Bahrain42.539
  4. Singapore36.653
  5. Kuwait36.308

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-51.829
  2. Marshall Islands-28.195
  3. Micronesia-28.183
  4. Nauru-24.277
  5. American Samoa-24.038

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.265. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 115 · 105rose · 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 2008.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.060. 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 (2008). Net Migration Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2008

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2008?

Qatar, at 116.033, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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