List of countries by net migration rate

Annual net migration 2015-2020. United Nations Forecast, 2019.

The following list sorts countries and territories according to their net migration rate . The rate is the number of people who immigrate to a country minus the number of people who leave that country. In this case, the rate is expressed in terms of the number of migrants per 1,000 population. The migration rate is also an indicator of the social situation of a country. Hunger, drought, unemployment and war usually lead to emigration, while social prosperity, labor shortages and political stability can be reasons for immigration

The total balance of immigration and emigration of an area for a certain period is the migration balance . This in turn influences the proportion of migrants in the total population.

Ranking list

Countries are sorted according to the average annual net migration rate in the period from 2010 to 2015. For the period from 2015 to 2020, the figures are estimates based on current trends. All data are from the World Population Prospects 2019 of the United Nations .

Unrecognized states or territories are in italics .

country	Net migration rate per 1000 inhabitants 2010-2015	Net migration rate per 1000 inhabitants 2015–2020 (forecast)
Qatar	54.7	14.7
Oman	48.5	18.6
Lebanon	41.5	−4.5
Kuwait	34.0	9.8
Maldives	28.4	22.8
Jordan	25.6	1.0
Luxembourg	18.1	16.3
Equatorial Guinea	17.0	12.4
Macau	14.9	8.0
Singapore	11.8	4.7
Saudi Arabia	11.7	4.1
Gabon	11.2	1.6
Switzerland	9.9	6.1
Curacao	8.8	3.2
Norway	8.8	5.3
Australia	8.6	6.4
Iraq	8.0	0.2
Malta	7.3	2.1
Canada	7.1	6.6
Bahrain	6.4	31.1
Austria	6.3	7.4
United Arab Emirates	6.1	4.2
Italy	5.5	2.5
Sweden	5.3	4.0
Germany	4.8	6.6
Turkey	4.7	3.5
Belgium	4.7	4.2
Belize	4.4	3.2
Guernsey / Jersey	4.4	8.0
Cyprus	4.0	4.2
New Zealand	4.0	3.2
United Kingdom	4.0	3.9
Denmark	3.8	2.6
South Africa	3.5	2.5
Afghanistan	3.3	−1.7
United States	3.2	2.9
Finland	3.0	2.5
Bahamas	2.7	2.6
Russia	2.5	1.3
Aruba	2.4	1.9
New Caledonia	2.3	1.8
Hong Kong	2.1	4.0
Antigua and Barbuda	2.1	0.0
Kazakhstan	1.9	−1.0
Chile	1.9	6.0
Malaysia	1.7	1.6
South Korea	1.6	0.2
Slovenia	1.6	1.0
Chad	1.5	0.1
Taiwan	1.5	1.3
Panama	1.5	2.7
Belarus	1.5	1.9
Djibouti	1.4	0.9
Vanuatu	1.4	0.4
Angola	1.4	0.2
Mauritania	1.3	1.2
France	1.3	0.6
Liberia	1.2	−1.0
Western Sahara	1.1	9.9
Czech Republic	1.1	2.1
Ethiopia	0.8	0.3
Costa Rica	0.8	0.8
Serbia	0.7	0.5
Netherlands	0.7	0.9
Japan	0.6	0.6
Ukraine	0.6	0.2
Israel	0.5	1.2
Thailand	0.5	0.3
Slovakia	0.4	0.3
Niger	0.2	0.2
Azerbaijan	0.2	0.1
Bhutan	0.1	0.4
Argentina	0.1	0.1
Democratic Republic of Congo	0.0	0.3
St. Lucia	0.0	0.0
Brazil	0.0	0.1
Madagascar	−0.1	−0.1
Papua New Guinea	−0.1	−0.1
Kenya	−0.2	−0.2
People's Republic of China	−0.2	−0.2
North Korea	−0.2	−0.2
Cameroon	−0.3	−0.2
Mongolia	−0.3	−0.3
Barbados	−0.3	−0.3
Moldova	−0.3	−0.3
Ghana	−0.4	−0.3
Nigeria	−0.4	−0.3
Uzbekistan	−0.4	−0.3
India	−0.4	−0.4
Brunei	−0.4	0.0
Indonesia	−0.4	−0.4
Ecuador	−0.5	2.2
Sierra Leone	−0.6	−0.6
Egypt	−0.6	−0.4
Yemen	−0.6	−1.1
Trinidad and Tobago	−0.6	−0.6
Guatemala	−0.6	−0.5
Zambia	−0.7	−0.5
Ivory Coast	−0.7	−0.5
Honduras	−0.7	−0.7
Mexico	−0.7	−0.5
Algeria	−0.8	−0.2
Colombia	−0.8	4.2
Benin	−0.9	−0.2
Guinea-Bissau	−0.9	−0.8
Vietnam	−0.9	−0.8
French Guiana	−0.9	4.3
North Macedonia	−0.9	−0.5
Malawi	−1.0	−0.9
Tanzania	−1.0	−0.7
Montenegro	−1.0	−0.8
Pakistan	−1.1	−1.1
Bolivia	−1.1	−0.8
Mayotte	−1.3	0.0
Iran	−1.3	−0.7
Iceland	−1.3	1.1
Cuba	−1.4	−1.3
Burundi	−1.5	0.2
Burkina Faso	−1.5	−1.3
Gambia	−1.6	−1.4
Estonia	−1.6	3.0
Uganda	−1.7	4.0
Philippines	−1.7	−0.6
Poland	−1.7	−0.8
Suriname	−1.8	−1.7
Uruguay	−1.8	−0.9
Croatia	−1.8	−1.9
Mauritius	−1.9	0.0
Turkmenistan	−1.9	−0.9
Grenada	−1.9	−1.8
Rwanda	−2.0	−0.7
South Sudan	−2.0	−15.9
Cambodia	−2.0	−1.9
Myanmar	−2.0	−3.0
Seychelles	−2.1	−2.1
Armenia	−2.1	−1.7
Morocco	−2.2	−1.4
Spain	−2.2	0.9
Republic of the Congo	−2.6	−0.8
Comoros	−2.7	−2.4
Paraguay	−2.7	−2.4
Portugal	−2.7	−0.6
Tunisia	−2.8	−0.3
Solomon Islands	−2.8	−2.5
Sudan	−2.9	−1.2
Haiti	−2.9	−3.2
Venezuela	−2.9	−22.3
Bangladesh	−3.0	−2.3
Romania	−3.0	−3.8
Greece	−3.0	−1.5
Senegal	−3.1	−1.3
Dominican Republic	−3.1	−2.8
Cape Verde	−3.2	−2.5
Reunion	−3.3	−1.4
Namibia	−3.3	−2.0
Kyrgyzstan	−3.3	−0.6
Tajikistan	−3.4	−2.2
Laos	−3.5	−2.1
Somalia	−3.6	−2.7
Mali	−3.7	−2.1
Jamaica	−4.0	−3.9
Peru	−4.2	3.1
Nicaragua	−4.5	−3.3
Lesotho	−4.7	−4.8
Georgia	−4.7	−2.5
Sri Lanka	−4.7	−4.6
East Timor	−4.9	−4.3
Ireland	−4.9	4.9
Guinea	−5.4	−0.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	−5.4	−1.8
Micronesia	−5.7	−5.4
French Polynesia	−5.9	−3.6
Botswana	−7.1	1.3
Palestine	−7.3	−2.2
Swaziland	−7.7	−7.4
El Salvador	−7.7	−6.3
Kiribati	−7.7	−6.9
Guadeloupe	−7.9	−3.6
Latvia	−8.1	−7.6
American Virgin Islands	−8.5	−4.3
Sao Tome and Principe	−8.8	−8.0
Guyana	−9.2	−7.7
Zimbabwe	−9.4	−8.2
Albania	−9.4	−4.9
Libya	−9.5	−0.3
Guam	−9.5	−3.1
Lithuania	−9.7	−11.6
Martinique	−11.7	−2.5
Fiji	−12.0	−7.0
Samoa	−12.8	−14.3
Puerto Rico	−13.9	−31.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	−14.5	−6.4
Eritrea	−15.1	−11.6
Nepal	−15.1	1.5
Central African Republic	−17.8	−8.6
Tonga	−25.4	−7.7
Syria	−54.7	−24.1

See also

• Share of immigrants by country

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved August 30, 2019 .