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Net Migration Rate, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2021 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 43.075; Anguilla is lowest, at -61.211. The middle country reads -0.257. Against 2020, 216 values changed (108 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2021

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

43.075

LowestAnguilla

-61.211

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia43.075
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25.930
AndorraANDSouthern Europe19.320
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia18.235
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa16.961
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.220
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean15.074
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean13.765
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.625
IcelandISLNorthern Europe13.179
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe12.426
MacauMACEastern Asia12.344
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean11.980
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa11.146
SyriaSYRWestern Asia9.766
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe8.845
QatarQATWestern Asia8.704
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean8.622
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.912
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa7.451
NiueNIUPolynesia7.168
CyprusCYPWestern Asia7.091
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe7.034
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe6.842
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia6.775

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates43.075
  2. Monaco25.930
  3. Andorra19.320
  4. Maldives18.235
  5. Seychelles16.961

Lowest

  1. Anguilla-61.211
  2. Marshall Islands-48.734
  3. Saint Martin-40.352
  4. Tuvalu-35.905
  5. Cook Islands-33.591

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.257. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 216values changed, of 222 in both
  • 108 · 108rose · 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 2021.

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 6 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 (2021). Net Migration Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2021

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2021?

United Arab Emirates, at 43.075, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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