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Net Migration Rate, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2009 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 77.688; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -50.989. The middle country reads -0.265. Against 2008, 220 values changed (110 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

77.688

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-50.989

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia77.688
BahrainBHRWestern Asia39.259
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia34.156
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean29.907
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean27.776
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia24.399
MonacoMCOWestern Europe24.256
BurundiBDIEastern Africa20.604
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.490
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa20.091
MacauMACEastern Asia19.547
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia19.289
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia19.181
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa18.698
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean18.073
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia17.495
South SudanSSDEastern Africa15.051
MontserratMSRCaribbean14.361
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.760
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.817
CyprusCYPWestern Asia10.416
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.336
AnguillaAIACaribbean9.532
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe9.284
GabonGABMiddle Africa9.194

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar77.688
  2. Bahrain39.259
  3. Kuwait34.156
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands29.907
  5. British Virgin Islands27.776

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-50.989
  2. Micronesia-27.758
  3. Marshall Islands-26.164
  4. Nauru-24.860
  5. American Samoa-23.069

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.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 110 · 110rose · 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 2009.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.575. 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 (2009). Net Migration Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2009

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2009?

Qatar, at 77.688, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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