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Net Migration Rate, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Net Migration Rate, 2023 covers 222 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 39.622; Saint Martin is lowest, at -61.677. The middle country reads -0.133. Against 2022, 209 values changed (87 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Migration Rate · Data for 2023

HighestSouth Sudan

39.622

LowestSaint Martin

-61.677

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
South SudanSSDEastern Africa39.622
SyriaSYRWestern Asia32.097
OmanOMNWestern Asia30.952
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia28.190
ChadTCDMiddle Africa25.717
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia25.481
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe18.941
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe17.910
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe15.744
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean15.057
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa14.138
AnguillaAIACaribbean13.879
QatarQATWestern Asia13.425
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean13.263
AndorraANDSouthern Europe13.122
BahrainBHRWestern Asia12.743
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean12.610
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe12.368
MacauMACEastern Asia12.336
IcelandISLNorthern Europe11.947
CanadaCANNorthern America11.039
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe10.948
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia10.335
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia9.791
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.749

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan39.622
  2. Syria32.097
  3. Oman30.952
  4. United Arab Emirates28.190
  5. Chad25.717

Lowest

  1. Saint Martin-61.677
  2. Marshall Islands-47.184
  3. Cook Islands-39.235
  4. Tuvalu-32.907
  5. Northern Mariana Islands-29.263

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads -0.133. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 222 in both
  • 87 · 122rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

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 2023.

  • 212 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 (2023). Net Migration Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-migration-rate/2023

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Net Migration Rate, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest net migration rate in Net Migration Rate, 2023?

South Sudan, at 39.622, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Net Migration Rate, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Net Migration Rate, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Net Migration Rate, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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