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Net Migration Rate, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2016 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 46.059; British Virgin Islands is lowest, at -101.335. The middle country reads -0.106. Against 2015, 220 values changed (130 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

46.059

LowestBritish Virgin Islands

-101.335

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia46.059
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean34.164
BahrainBHRWestern Asia32.759
OmanOMNWestern Asia26.769
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia26.428
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe21.868
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia21.628
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.408
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia21.252
AndorraANDSouthern Europe19.603
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.943
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean17.337
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.016
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.316
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean14.249
IcelandISLNorthern Europe12.301
MacauMACEastern Asia12.101
SwedenSWENorthern Europe12.016
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe11.914
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa11.343
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe10.926
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.466
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia9.278
BelizeBLZCentral America9.084
CanadaCANNorthern America9.063

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar46.059
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands34.164
  3. Bahrain32.759
  4. Oman26.769
  5. Kuwait26.428

Lowest

  1. British Virgin Islands-101.335
  2. South Sudan-60.408
  3. Marshall Islands-41.984
  4. Lebanon-39.209
  5. Northern Mariana Islands-29.878

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.106. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 130 · 90rose · 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 2016.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000. 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 (2016). Net Migration Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2016

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2016?

Qatar, at 46.059, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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