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Net Migration Rate, 2019

2019, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2019 covers 222 countries. Malta is highest, at 40.281; Saint Martin is lowest, at -78.269. The middle country reads -0.266. Against 2018, 219 values changed (103 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2019

HighestMalta

40.281

LowestSaint Martin

-78.269

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe40.281
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean31.483
SyriaSYRWestern Asia24.614
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia19.781
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.936
AndorraANDSouthern Europe16.284
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa15.045
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.984
IcelandISLNorthern Europe13.945
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe13.383
MacauMACEastern Asia13.364
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean13.025
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe12.930
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean12.759
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean11.513
CanadaCANNorthern America10.261
SpainESPSouthern Europe9.798
ChileCHLSouth America9.446
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa8.798
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.129
ColombiaCOLSouth America7.951
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe7.849
CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.759
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa7.424
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia7.284

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Malta40.281
  2. Turks and Caicos Islands31.483
  3. Syria24.614
  4. Maldives19.781
  5. Luxembourg16.936

Lowest

  1. Saint Martin-78.269
  2. Curaçao-50.622
  3. Marshall Islands-46.130
  4. Lebanon-46.076
  5. Cook Islands-36.208

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.266. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 103 · 116rose · 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 2019.

  • 220 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 (2019). Net Migration Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2019

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2019?

Malta, at 40.281, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2019 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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