Net migration

Indicator id: net_migration · Unit: people · Coverage: 1962-2022

Net number of migrants over a 5-year period, i.e. the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants, including both citizens and non-citizens.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SM.POP.NETM (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

5-year period estimate, not annual; negative values mean net outmigration (Nepal's recent norm, driven by labour migration).

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 10.7 -- Facilitate orderly, safe and responsible migration
Topic: Health

Also known as

"net migration", "migrants", "people leaving Nepal", "emigration minus immigration"

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