Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Lower-middle-income countries

Net migration in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — -1,714,032 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 4,175.2%.

2025 -1.71M people +25.93% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.31M people1981
Period minimum -9.66M people2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–2025-10M-5M05M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42,060 people1962: -202,342 people1964: -251,186 people1966: -647,132 people1968: -1,046,246 people1970: -413,437 people1972: -735,050 people1974: -431,675 people1976: -694,480 people1978: -1,198,245 people1980: 819,760 people1982: -214,959 people1984: -923,009 people1986: -852,772 people1988: -940,071 people1990: 509,757 people1992: -1,017,298 people1994: -1,524,367 people1996: -1,167,697 people1998: -453,234 people2000: -1,054,918 people2002: -4,463,331 people2004: -2,227,082 people2006: -1,800,317 people2008: -3,782,094 people2010: -2,974,508 people2012: -3,805,167 people2014: -3,521,368 people2016: -4,006,490 people2018: -4,315,602 people2020: -2,044,369 people2022: -9,656,238 people2024: -2,314,129 people2025: -1,714,032 people
Change over the period: −1.76M (−4,175.21%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries -1.71M people
World 0 people
Net migration — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -1.71M +600,097 +25.93%
2024 -2.31M +1.76M +43.22%
2023 -4.08M +5.58M +57.8%
2022 -9.66M −7.73M −402.48%
2021 -1.92M +122,660 +6%
2020 -2.04M +1.92M +48.42%
2019 -3.96M +352,283 +8.16%
2018 -4.32M −295,573 −7.35%
2017 -4.02M −13,539 −0.34%
2016 -4.01M +849,718 +17.5%
2015 -4.86M −1.33M −37.91%
2014 -3.52M −694,068 −24.55%
2013 -2.83M +977,867 +25.7%
2012 -3.81M −498,974 −15.09%
2011 -3.31M −331,685 −11.15%
2010 -2.97M +236,145 +7.36%
2009 -3.21M +571,441 +15.11%
2008 -3.78M −1.02M −37.17%
2007 -2.76M −956,843 −53.15%
2006 -1.8M +1.61M +47.17%
2005 -3.41M −1.18M −53.01%
2004 -2.23M +444,415 +16.64%
2003 -2.67M +1.79M +40.15%
2002 -4.46M −2.36M −112.37%
2001 -2.1M −1.05M −99.22%
2000 -1.05M +367,453 +25.83%
1999 -1.42M −969,137 −213.83%
1998 -453,234 +74,305 +14.09%
1997 -527,539 +640,158 +54.82%
1996 -1.17M −116,473 −11.08%
1995 -1.05M +473,143 +31.04%
1994 -1.52M +928,336 +37.85%
1993 -2.45M −1.44M −141.1%
1992 -1.02M +75,458 +6.91%
1991 -1.09M −1.6M −314.37%
1990 509,757 +1.48M +152.44%
1989 -972,122 −32,051 −3.41%
1988 -940,071 −396,146 −72.83%
1987 -543,925 +308,847 +36.22%
1986 -852,772 −309,002 −56.83%
1985 -543,770 +379,239 +41.09%
1984 -923,009 −310,270 −50.64%
1983 -612,739 −397,780 −185.05%
1982 -214,959 −1.52M −116.42%
1981 1.31M +488,995 +59.65%
1980 819,760 +730,391 +817.28%
1979 89,369 +1.29M +107.46%
1978 -1.2M −1.05M −698.92%
1977 -149,983 +544,497 +78.4%
1976 -694,480 −396,665 −133.19%
1975 -297,815 +133,860 +31.01%
1974 -431,675 +542,580 +55.69%
1973 -974,255 −239,205 −32.54%
1972 -735,050 +435,075 +37.18%
1971 -1.17M −756,688 −183.02%
1970 -413,437 +686,050 +62.4%
1969 -1.1M −53,241 −5.09%
1968 -1.05M −923,737 −754.02%
1967 -122,509 +524,623 +81.07%
1966 -647,132 −367,727 −131.61%
1965 -279,405 −28,219 −11.23%
1964 -251,186 −120,768 −92.6%
1963 -130,418 +71,924 +35.55%
1962 -202,342 −344,217 −242.62%
1961 141,875 +99,815 +237.32%
1960 42,060

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.