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Net Migration Rate, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2017 covers 222 countries. Turks and Caicos Islands is highest, at 35.603; South Sudan is lowest, at -65.354. The middle country reads -0.145. Against 2016, 216 values changed (100 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2017

HighestTurks and Caicos Islands

35.603

LowestSouth Sudan

-65.354

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean35.603
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe30.716
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean27.249
IcelandISLNorthern Europe24.301
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia22.316
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.179
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia20.849
AnguillaAIACaribbean19.203
AndorraANDSouthern Europe18.397
QatarQATWestern Asia17.260
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean16.503
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.166
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.059
BahrainBHRWestern Asia14.817
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.202
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean13.976
MacauMACEastern Asia13.034
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe12.619
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe12.294
ChileCHLSouth America11.888
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa10.496
SudanSDNNorthern Africa10.339
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand10.312
SwedenSWENorthern Europe10.208
CanadaCANNorthern America10.125

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands35.603
  2. Malta30.716
  3. British Virgin Islands27.249
  4. Iceland24.301
  5. Kuwait22.316

Lowest

  1. South Sudan-65.354
  2. Puerto Rico-44.485
  3. Marshall Islands-43.844
  4. Lebanon-41.178
  5. Cook Islands-33.554

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.145. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 216values changed, of 222 in both
  • 100 · 116rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

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 2017.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 4.104. 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 (2017). Net Migration Rate, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2017

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2017?

Turks and Caicos Islands, at 35.603, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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