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Net Migration Rate, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2020 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 26.255; Saint Martin is lowest, at -89.756. The middle country reads -0.013. Against 2019, 219 values changed (124 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2020

HighestMonaco

26.255

LowestSaint Martin

-89.756

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe26.255
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean23.913
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia19.203
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean15.365
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa14.349
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.209
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe13.562
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe13.323
MacauMACEastern Asia12.945
SyriaSYRWestern Asia12.782
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean12.656
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean11.793
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.048
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe10.421
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa9.915
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.794
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8.309
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia8.209
CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.413
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.394
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe7.112
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe7.104
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe6.947
IcelandISLNorthern Europe6.814
CanadaCANNorthern America6.722

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco26.255
  2. British Virgin Islands23.913
  3. Maldives19.203
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands15.365
  5. Seychelles14.349

Lowest

  1. Saint Martin-89.756
  2. Marshall Islands-46.925
  3. Kuwait-38.267
  4. Oman-37.951
  5. Cook Islands-37.268

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.013. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 124 · 95rose · 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 2020.

  • 207 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 15 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 (2020). Net Migration Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2020

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2020?

Monaco, at 26.255, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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