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Net Migration Rate, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2022 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 80.305; Ukraine is lowest, at -138.846. The middle country reads -0.039. Against 2021, 217 values changed (127 up, 90 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2022

HighestKuwait

80.305

LowestUkraine

-138.846

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia80.305
OmanOMNWestern Asia71.680
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe42.841
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia38.026
SyriaSYRWestern Asia32.728
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia31.514
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe30.894
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia30.367
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe29.445
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe29.327
QatarQATWestern Asia27.660
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe25.595
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25.558
PolandPOLEastern Europe25.211
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe20.196
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe18.304
AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.360
IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.181
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe16.867
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe16.299
BelizeBLZCentral America14.739
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean14.353
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa14.244
AnguillaAIACaribbean14.105
AndorraANDSouthern Europe13.826

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait80.305
  2. Oman71.680
  3. Montenegro42.841
  4. Singapore38.026
  5. Syria32.728

Lowest

  1. Ukraine-138.846
  2. Saint Martin-51.086
  3. Marshall Islands-45.637
  4. Cook Islands-37.967
  5. Tuvalu-32.026

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.039. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 222 in both
  • 127 · 90rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

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 2022.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 9 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 (2022). Net Migration Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2022

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07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2022?

Kuwait, at 80.305, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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