World: Net migration

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

What this measures

Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens.

Limitations: International migration is the component of population change most difficult to measure and estimate reliably. Thus, the quality and quantity of the data used in the estimation and projection of net migration varies considerably by country. Furthermore, the movement of people across international boundaries, which is very often a response to changing socio-economic, political and environmental forces, is subject to a great deal of volatility. Refugee movements, for instance, may involve large numbers of people moving across boundaries in a short time.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 66 values

Net migration in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — -74,404 (2025)
• Algeria — -27,531 (2025)
• Bahrain — 18,128 (2025)
• Djibouti — -581 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — -57,305 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 116,786 (2025)
• Iraq — -1,064 (2025)
• Israel — 11,466 (2025)
• Jordan — -303,267 (2025)
• Kuwait — 42,775 (2025)
• Lebanon — -10,230 (2025)
• Libya — -172 (2025)
• Malta — 5,161 (2025)

More social protection & labor data for World

• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 28.46 million (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 28.11 million (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 35.03% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 49.53% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 42.51% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 55.06% (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is World's net migration?

0 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SM.POP.NETM, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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