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Net Migration Rate, 2018

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2018 covers 222 countries. Curaçao is highest, at 140.938; Saint Martin is lowest, at -48.983. The middle country reads -0.132. Against 2017, 219 values changed (111 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2018

HighestCuraçao

140.938

LowestSaint Martin

-48.983

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean140.938
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean84.052
GuyanaGUYSouth America38.169
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe35.003
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia33.764
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean33.687
SyriaSYRWestern Asia26.259
MonacoMCOWestern Europe26.183
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean24.143
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia20.370
IcelandISLNorthern Europe18.812
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.683
South SudanSSDEastern Africa15.550
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean15.332
AndorraANDSouthern Europe15.207
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.064
MacauMACEastern Asia13.536
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean13.472
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe13.246
AnguillaAIACaribbean12.703
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe12.681
ChileCHLSouth America12.587
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand12.067
CanadaCANNorthern America11.268
PeruPERSouth America10.630

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Curaçao140.938
  2. British Virgin Islands84.052
  3. Guyana38.169
  4. Malta35.003
  5. Kuwait33.764

Lowest

  1. Saint Martin-48.983
  2. Venezuela-45.478
  3. Marshall Islands-45.446
  4. Lebanon-43.398
  5. Cook Islands-35.068

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.132. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 111 · 108rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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 2018.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 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 (2018). Net Migration Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2018

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2018?

Curaçao, at 140.938, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2018 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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