Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Upper-middle-income countries

Net migration in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — -681,750 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 778.8%.

2025 -681,750 people +3.24% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.11M people2017
Period minimum -2.96M people2006

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–2025-4M-2M02M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -77,580 people1962: -134,503 people1964: -1,337,132 people1966: -227,512 people1968: -186,070 people1970: -490,715 people1972: -632,279 people1974: -631,567 people1976: -117,865 people1978: -328,173 people1980: -214,477 people1982: -377,228 people1984: -151,420 people1986: -375,200 people1988: -569,205 people1990: -1,168,914 people1992: -1,780,720 people1994: -2,523,618 people1996: -1,550,945 people1998: -1,613,228 people2000: -1,129,715 people2002: -1,532,912 people2004: -1,670,626 people2006: -2,956,951 people2008: -1,041,744 people2010: -792,351 people2012: 508,207 people2014: 254,256 people2016: -903,922 people2018: 716,295 people2020: 327,048 people2022: -112,845 people2024: -704,578 people2025: -681,750 people
Change over the period: −604,170 (−778.77%)

Comparison, 2025

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

Upper-middle-income countries -681,750 people
World 0 people
Net migration — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -681,750 +22,828 +3.24%
2024 -704,578 +153,167 +17.86%
2023 -857,745 −744,900 −660.11%
2022 -112,845 −47,314 −72.2%
2021 -65,531 −392,579 −120.04%
2020 327,048 +662,461 +197.51%
2019 -335,413 −1.05M −146.83%
2018 716,295 −395,241 −35.56%
2017 1.11M +2.02M +222.97%
2016 -903,922 −1.28M −341.54%
2015 374,239 +119,983 +47.19%
2014 254,256 −108,392 −29.89%
2013 362,648 −145,559 −28.64%
2012 508,207 +1.82M +138.87%
2011 -1.31M −514,962 −64.99%
2010 -792,351 −28,931 −3.79%
2009 -763,420 +278,324 +26.72%
2008 -1.04M +1.72M +62.28%
2007 -2.76M +195,478 +6.61%
2006 -2.96M −1.85M −167.21%
2005 -1.11M +564,033 +33.76%
2004 -1.67M −103,790 −6.62%
2003 -1.57M −33,924 −2.21%
2002 -1.53M −282,841 −22.63%
2001 -1.25M −120,356 −10.65%
2000 -1.13M +132,421 +10.49%
1999 -1.26M +351,092 +21.76%
1998 -1.61M +8,588 +0.53%
1997 -1.62M −70,871 −4.57%
1996 -1.55M +18,018 +1.15%
1995 -1.57M +954,655 +37.83%
1994 -2.52M −1.48M −142.37%
1993 -1.04M +739,496 +41.53%
1992 -1.78M −7,552 −0.43%
1991 -1.77M −604,254 −51.69%
1990 -1.17M −406,109 −53.24%
1989 -762,805 −193,600 −34.01%
1988 -569,205 +57,518 +9.18%
1987 -626,723 −251,523 −67.04%
1986 -375,200 +107,561 +22.28%
1985 -482,761 −331,341 −218.82%
1984 -151,420 +73,130 +32.57%
1983 -224,550 +152,678 +40.47%
1982 -377,228 +50,390 +11.78%
1981 -427,618 −213,141 −99.38%
1980 -214,477 +415,543 +65.96%
1979 -630,020 −301,847 −91.98%
1978 -328,173 −93,779 −40.01%
1977 -234,394 −116,529 −98.87%
1976 -117,865 +260,473 +68.85%
1975 -378,338 +253,229 +40.1%
1974 -631,567 +353 +0.06%
1973 -631,920 +359 +0.06%
1972 -632,279 −64,068 −11.28%
1971 -568,211 −77,496 −15.79%
1970 -490,715 −207,362 −73.18%
1969 -283,353 −97,283 −52.28%
1968 -186,070 −1.2M −118.39%
1967 1.01M +1.24M +544.69%
1966 -227,512 +282,268 +55.37%
1965 -509,780 +827,352 +61.88%
1964 -1.34M −1.2M −869.61%
1963 -137,904 −3,401 −2.53%
1962 -134,503 −4,364 −3.35%
1961 -130,139 −52,559 −67.75%
1960 -77,580

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.