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Net Migration, Annual (As % of Population) (%), 2018
Society | April 10, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 30 countries in 2018, Malta ranked the highest in net annual migration as a percentage of total population with 4.00% followed by Iceland and Luxembourg. On the other end of the scale was Croatia with -0.325%, Romania with -0.301% and Latvia with -0.250%.

Data for more countries are available at Net Migration, Annual (As % of Population) indicator page.

Net Migration, Annual (As % of Population) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Austria % 0.399% 0.463% 0.444% 0.582% 1.74%
Belgium % 0.443% 0.509% 0.379% 0.208% 1.02%
Czechia % 0.055% 0.053% 0.041% 0.039% 3.09%
Estonia % 0.536% 0.406% 0.278% 0.529% 2.94%
Germany % 0.485% 0.382% 0.243% 0.371% 1.17%
Iceland % 1.88% 1.39% 0.681% 1.32% 1.72%
Ireland % 0.685% 0.601% 0.316% 0.545% 1.83%
Luxembourg % 1.67% 1.69% 1.10% 1.36% 2.02%
Malta % 3.50% 4.03% 1.33% 0.885% 0.470%
Netherlands % 0.501% 0.622% 0.383% 0.600% 1.25%
Norway % 0.348% 0.481% 0.210% 0.366% 1.06%
Slovenia % 0.707% 0.785% 1.36% 0.117% 0.426%
Spain % 0.717% 0.980% 0.497% 0.303% 0.627%
Sweden % 0.860% 0.707% 0.360% 0.499% 0.562%
United Kingdom % 0.389% 0.347% 0.214% 0.684% 0.714%