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Net Migration Rate, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2012 covers 222 countries. Oman is highest, at 91.007; Anguilla is lowest, at -52.171. The middle country reads -0.652. Against 2011, 221 values changed (108 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2012

HighestOman

91.007

LowestAnguilla

-52.171

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
OmanOMNWestern Asia91.007
QatarQATWestern Asia40.423
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean39.095
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia38.291
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean35.854
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia30.134
MonacoMCOWestern Europe26.101
LebanonLBNWestern Asia23.765
IraqIRQWestern Asia22.401
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe19.348
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean18.552
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia17.707
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia17.579
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.451
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean15.076
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia14.830
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa13.808
South SudanSSDEastern Africa11.693
MacauMACEastern Asia11.610
GabonGABMiddle Africa10.814
BahrainBHRWestern Asia10.525
CyprusCYPWestern Asia10.500
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.317
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.541
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia9.448

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Oman91.007
  2. Qatar40.423
  3. Turks and Caicos Islands39.095
  4. Kuwait38.291
  5. British Virgin Islands35.854

Lowest

  1. Anguilla-52.171
  2. Syria-43.905
  3. Marshall Islands-34.209
  4. Andorra-28.646
  5. Northern Mariana Islands-26.600

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 108 · 113rose · 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 2012.

  • 215 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 2.246. 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 (2012). Net Migration Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2012

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2012?

Oman, at 91.007, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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