Costa Rica - Net Migration 2024
967
−28 from 2023
Costa Rica's net migration was 967 in 2024, decreased +28 from 995 in 2023. This was the 147th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2024▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.4M | 13.5% |
| 2nd | India | -630,830 | 35.6% |
| 3rd | Sudan | -544,257 | 59.7% |
| 4th | Bangladesh | -473,362 | 13.9% |
| 5th | Nepal | -401,282 | 2.1% |
| 6th | China | -318,992 | 43.8% |
| 7th | Türkiye | -275,952 | 13.2% |
| 8th | Poland | -238,062 | -2,942.7% |
| 9th | Brazil | -225,510 | 6.1% |
| 10th | Russian Federation | -178,042 | -740.3% |
| 11th | Philippines | -160,373 | 2.4% |
| 12th | Jordan | -156,369 | -796.4% |
| 13th | Greece | -122,772 | 23.0% |
| 14th | Uganda | -117,924 | 6.5% |
| 15th | Mexico | -104,581 | -3.5% |
| 16th | Czechia | -86,169 | -488.7% |
| 17th | Zimbabwe | -60,528 | 37.8% |
| 18th | Viet Nam | -59,645 | 27.1% |
| 19th | Mali | -46,880 | -17.3% |
| 20th | Morocco | -46,802 | -18.0% |
| 21st | Afghanistan | -44,089 | 9.9% |
| 22nd | Mozambique | -38,940 | -7.3% |
| 23rd | Indonesia | -38,469 | -2.6% |
| 24th | Myanmar | -37,979 | -8.5% |
| 25th | Nigeria | -35,202 | 39.2% |
| 26th | Dominican Republic | -34,806 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Cambodia | -32,960 | -3.5% |
| 28th | Haiti | -31,747 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Algeria | -31,240 | -20.3% |
| 30th | Armenia | -29,966 | -140.0% |
| 31st | Tanzania | -29,865 | 24.2% |
| 32nd | Romania | -28,466 | -2.5% |
| 33rd | Sri Lanka | -27,245 | 2.7% |
| 34th | Moldova | -27,088 | -45.9% |
| 35th | Burundi | -27,074 | -1,457.1% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | -26,968 | -79.9% |
| 37th | Burkina Faso | -25,807 | -3.4% |
| 38th | Albania | -24,472 | 3.5% |
| 39th | West Bank and Gaza | -23,145 | 7.4% |
| 40th | El Salvador | -23,102 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Cuba | -22,356 | 1.9% |
| 42nd | Kosovo | -22,178 | 22.9% |
| 43rd | Tajikistan | -21,236 | -6.2% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | -21,027 | -526.3% |
| 45th | Kenya | -19,781 | -97.8% |
| 46th | Ecuador | -19,704 | 10.2% |
| 47th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -19,272 | -462.4% |
| 48th | Iraq | -17,735 | -210.6% |
| 49th | Lebanon | -17,267 | 49.5% |
| 50th | Rwanda | -15,582 | -73.1% |
| 51st | Central African Republic | -15,357 | -4.6% |
| 52nd | Tunisia | -15,221 | -8.7% |
| 53rd | Togo | -14,014 | -601.8% |
| 54th | Cameroon | -13,892 | -189.5% |
| 55th | Ghana | -13,114 | -31.1% |
| 56th | Eritrea | -12,696 | 16.9% |
| 57th | Paraguay | -12,451 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Guinea | -12,024 | -200.8% |
| 59th | Sierra Leone | -11,000 | -175.0% |
| 60th | Jamaica | -10,506 | -5.0% |
| 61st | Yemen, Republic of | -10,482 | -100.3% |
| 62nd | Senegal | -10,307 | -3.1% |
| 63rd | Lao PDR | -10,284 | -2.8% |
| 64th | Nicaragua | -8,189 | -2.4% |
| 65th | Serbia | -8,132 | -287.0% |
| 66th | Liberia | -7,779 | -55.5% |
| 67th | Estonia | -7,742 | -235.4% |
| 68th | Benin | -7,725 | -3,923.4% |
| 69th | Guatemala | -7,725 | 13.6% |
| 70th | Kazakhstan | -7,368 | -52.8% |
| 71st | Uzbekistan | -7,066 | -17.7% |
| 72nd | Eswatini | -6,754 | 21.0% |
| 73rd | Botswana | -5,778 | 10.9% |
| 74th | North Macedonia | -5,728 | -2.3% |
| 75th | Guyana | -5,407 | 12.2% |
| 76th | Croatia | -5,186 | -150.8% |
| 77th | Lesotho | -5,107 | 1.2% |
| 78th | Honduras | -4,821 | 4.4% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -4,497 | -827.2% |
| 80th | Niger | -4,041 | -506.1% |
| 81st | Fiji | -3,278 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Belarus | -3,119 | -2.8% |
| 83rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -3,000 | 0.3% |
| 84th | Gambia, The | -2,989 | 0.4% |
| 85th | Mauritius | -2,787 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Samoa | -2,754 | 2.0% |
| 87th | Angola | -2,629 | -164.2% |
| 88th | Timor-Leste | -2,552 | 54.6% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | -2,491 | -150.4% |
| 90th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -2,473 | -23.8% |
| 91st | Maldives | -2,421 | 15.8% |
| 92nd | Latvia | -2,225 | -127.9% |
| 93rd | Mauritania | -2,185 | -172.9% |
| 94th | Tonga | -2,149 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Comoros | -2,051 | -2.4% |
| 96th | Madagascar | -1,795 | -20.7% |
| 97th | Marshall Islands | -1,765 | 3.7% |
| 98th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,712 | -22.3% |
| 99th | Montenegro | -1,686 | -114.1% |
| 100th | Malawi | -1,507 | 74.1% |
| 101st | St. Martin (French part) | -1,424 | 16.1% |
| 102nd | Uruguay | -1,348 | 10.2% |
| 103rd | French Polynesia | -1,261 | 6.5% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | -1,209 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Suriname | -1,166 | -18.0% |
| 106th | American Samoa | -1,110 | 4.2% |
| 107th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,104 | 2.6% |
| 108th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,097 | 17.0% |
| 109th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -737 | 6.0% |
| 110th | Papua New Guinea | -707 | 10.2% |
| 111th | São Tomé and Principe | -604 | -2.0% |
| 112th | Guam | -504 | -0.8% |
| 113th | Kiribati | -471 | 2.9% |
| 114th | Virgin Islands (US) | -420 | 5.4% |
| 115th | Greenland | -284 | 10.7% |
| 116th | Tuvalu | -280 | 13.3% |
| 117th | Bhutan | -277 | -195.2% |
| 118th | Dominica | -200 | -0.5% |
| 119th | Grenada | -192 | -1.1% |
| 120th | Nauru | -121 | 18.2% |
| 121st | Barbados | -70 | 12.5% |
| 122nd | Vanuatu | -43 | - |
| 123rd | Palau | -14 | 26.3% |
| 124th | Djibouti | -11 | -102.2% |
| 125th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -7 | - |
| 126th | St. Lucia | -7 | - |
| 127th | Bermuda | -5 | - |
| 128th | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | - |
| 129th | Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | - |
| 130th | San Marino | 37 | 119.5% |
| 131st | Mongolia | 83 | - |
| 132nd | Monaco | 110 | 25.0% |
| 133rd | Aruba | 141 | -4.1% |
| 134th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 176 | -8.8% |
| 135th | Isle of Man | 177 | -9.7% |
| 136th | Liechtenstein | 206 | -3.7% |
| 137th | British Virgin Islands | 212 | -63.9% |
| 138th | New Caledonia | 455 | -6.2% |
| 139th | Faroe Islands | 488 | -18.5% |
| 140th | Belize | 490 | -17.6% |
| 141st | Curaçao | 513 | -1.0% |
| 142nd | Bulgaria | 524 | -89.9% |
| 143rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 558 | -1.6% |
| 144th | Gibraltar | 598 | -13.2% |
| 145th | Channel Islands | 747 | -13.1% |
| 146th | Cayman Islands | 896 | -2.7% |
| 147th | Costa Rica | 967 | -2.8% |
| 148th | Andorra | 988 | -6.9% |
| 149th | Bahamas, The | 1,018 | 1.7% |
| 150th | Gabon | 1,105 | 12.0% |
| 151st | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,334 | -37.3% |
| 152nd | Solomon Islands | 1,610 | -1.6% |
| 153rd | Macao SAR, China | 1,620 | -81.6% |
| 154th | Georgia | 1,745 | -12.9% |
| 155th | Seychelles | 1,747 | -3.4% |
| 156th | Lithuania | 2,617 | -94.2% |
| 157th | Slovenia | 3,319 | -37.8% |
| 158th | Libya | 3,448 | 272.3% |
| 159th | Argentina | 3,454 | -16.4% |
| 160th | Iceland | 3,543 | -23.5% |
| 161st | Kyrgyz Republic | 3,645 | -34.9% |
| 162nd | Equatorial Guinea | 3,891 | -2.7% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 4,211 | -63.9% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 5,677 | -3.9% |
| 165th | Malta | 6,323 | -4.1% |
| 166th | Panama | 6,706 | -7.7% |
| 167th | Zambia | 7,381 | -22.5% |
| 168th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,838 | 30.6% |
| 169th | Cyprus | 8,138 | -6.4% |
| 170th | Austria | 8,813 | 82.9% |
| 171st | Israel | 10,612 | 6.1% |
| 172nd | Azerbaijan | 10,864 | 112.9% |
| 173rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 11,561 | -41.7% |
| 174th | Turkmenistan | 14,646 | -2.4% |
| 175th | South Sudan | 15,374 | -96.6% |
| 176th | Hungary | 16,223 | -67.0% |
| 177th | Peru | 18,406 | -25.7% |
| 178th | New Zealand | 18,766 | -12.3% |
| 179th | Singapore | 20,011 | -25.9% |
| 180th | Portugal | 20,648 | -29.0% |
| 181st | Bahrain | 22,699 | 13.5% |
| 182nd | Thailand | 23,321 | 18.7% |
| 183rd | Denmark | 25,639 | -17.3% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 26,859 | -41.9% |
| 185th | Finland | 26,894 | -29.5% |
| 186th | Belgium | 36,243 | -13.0% |
| 187th | Germany | 36,954 | -93.9% |
| 188th | Ireland | 39,059 | -11.0% |
| 189th | Switzerland | 40,099 | -11.1% |
| 190th | Norway | 44,356 | -17.6% |
| 191st | Qatar | 46,105 | 15.3% |
| 192nd | Sweden | 50,115 | -9.2% |
| 193rd | Chile | 58,316 | -7.0% |
| 194th | Kuwait | 61,624 | 23.2% |
| 195th | Korea | 75,963 | -13.5% |
| 196th | France | 90,527 | -1.5% |
| 197th | Italy | 95,246 | -36.6% |
| 198th | Spain | 111,674 | -6.2% |
| 199th | Netherlands | 121,628 | -15.9% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 122,170 | -62.5% |
| 201st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 123,884 | -59.4% |
| 202nd | Australia | 138,510 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | Colombia | 141,643 | -8.3% |
| 204th | Japan | 153,357 | -12.4% |
| 205th | Oman | 154,219 | -1.3% |
| 206th | South Africa | 166,972 | -26.8% |
| 207th | Malaysia | 174,770 | -3.5% |
| 208th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 190,156 | -27.4% |
| 209th | European Union | 194,612 | -85.1% |
| 210th | Chad | 204,040 | -58.9% |
| 211th | United Arab Emirates | 278,439 | -7.2% |
| 212th | Canada | 368,599 | -15.0% |
| 213th | United Kingdom | 417,114 | -6.4% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 546,494 | -27.8% |
| 215th | Ukraine | 1.1M | 482.1% |
| 216th | United States | 1.3M | -2.8% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's net migration in 2024?▾
Costa Rica's net migration in 2024 was 967. This ranked 147th globally.
How did Costa Rica's net migration change in 2024?▾
Costa Rica's net migration decreased by 2.8% in 2024 compared to 2023.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2024?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2024 at 1.3M.
What is the net migration of Costa Rica in 2024?▾
The net migration of Costa Rica in 2024 was 967. This ranked 147th globally.
How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Costa Rica's net migration?▾
Costa Rica's net migration went from 995 in 2023 to 967 in 2024, a 2.8% decrease.
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