West Bank and Gaza - Net Migration 2017
-25,452
−2,678 from 2016
West Bank and Gaza's net migration was -25,452 in 2017, decreased +2,678 from -22,774 in 2016. This was the 38th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pakistan | -1.6M | 31.3% |
| 2nd | Bangladesh | -1.0M | -12.9% |
| 3rd | Saudi Arabia | -920,812 | -3,310.8% |
| 4th | South Sudan | -670,477 | -2.5% |
| 5th | Nepal | -368,787 | -7.9% |
| 6th | Syrian Arab Republic | -287,501 | -131.7% |
| 7th | Philippines | -263,593 | 14.8% |
| 8th | Lebanon | -253,664 | -2.3% |
| 9th | India | -251,642 | -409.7% |
| 10th | Mexico | -227,499 | 25.3% |
| 11th | Brazil | -156,296 | -68.1% |
| 12th | Puerto Rico (US) | -149,999 | -263.7% |
| 13th | Zimbabwe | -128,241 | 8.5% |
| 14th | Myanmar | -105,415 | -19.9% |
| 15th | China | -94,625 | 38.2% |
| 16th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -80,000 | -11.7% |
| 17th | Cambodia | -74,362 | -44.9% |
| 18th | Afghanistan | -71,491 | 50.0% |
| 19th | Kenya | -68,702 | -131.1% |
| 20th | Burundi | -68,349 | 37.5% |
| 21st | Morocco | -60,472 | -53.9% |
| 22nd | Central African Republic | -58,584 | -11.4% |
| 23rd | El Salvador | -50,608 | -6.6% |
| 24th | Croatia | -44,557 | -38.6% |
| 25th | Moldova | -43,871 | 15.0% |
| 26th | Guatemala | -42,779 | -38.1% |
| 27th | Eritrea | -38,579 | 30.4% |
| 28th | Cameroon | -37,912 | -386.0% |
| 29th | Ukraine | -36,155 | -15.4% |
| 30th | Dominican Republic | -36,069 | 0.4% |
| 31st | Haiti | -34,742 | -2.5% |
| 32nd | Mali | -33,942 | -12.2% |
| 33rd | Romania | -33,081 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -30,650 | 4.7% |
| 35th | Indonesia | -29,467 | -1.6% |
| 36th | Lithuania | -28,027 | 8.4% |
| 37th | Rwanda | -25,634 | -4.7% |
| 38th | West Bank and Gaza | -25,452 | -11.8% |
| 39th | Mozambique | -25,043 | 42.3% |
| 40th | Liberia | -24,807 | 7.4% |
| 41st | North Macedonia | -24,227 | -0.3% |
| 42nd | Cuba | -23,394 | 3.1% |
| 43rd | Tunisia | -22,365 | 6.1% |
| 44th | Sri Lanka | -22,324 | -21.4% |
| 45th | Iraq | -21,998 | 80.7% |
| 46th | Nicaragua | -21,849 | 5.3% |
| 47th | Poland | -21,535 | -279.5% |
| 48th | Serbia | -18,651 | -1.8% |
| 49th | Paraguay | -16,630 | 0.6% |
| 50th | Albania | -14,901 | -59.4% |
| 51st | Burkina Faso | -14,780 | -94.5% |
| 52nd | Algeria | -14,403 | -123.7% |
| 53rd | Armenia | -14,180 | 3.5% |
| 54th | Guinea | -13,718 | 3.3% |
| 55th | Uzbekistan | -13,352 | 10.0% |
| 56th | Yemen, Republic of | -12,086 | -86.2% |
| 57th | Fiji | -11,607 | -11.2% |
| 58th | Congo, Republic of | -11,601 | 21.5% |
| 59th | Azerbaijan | -11,324 | -342.4% |
| 60th | Botswana | -10,916 | -6.1% |
| 61st | Lao PDR | -10,400 | 8.8% |
| 62nd | Jamaica | -10,335 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -9,669 | 4.0% |
| 64th | Singapore | -8,880 | -164.6% |
| 65th | Eswatini | -8,658 | 30.6% |
| 66th | Georgia | -7,889 | 25.5% |
| 67th | Latvia | -7,867 | 36.2% |
| 68th | Lesotho | -6,850 | -1.2% |
| 69th | Niger | -6,830 | -146.0% |
| 70th | Honduras | -6,778 | -1.5% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | -6,109 | 35.6% |
| 72nd | Guyana | -6,107 | 3.2% |
| 73rd | Cabo Verde | -5,550 | 7.6% |
| 74th | Kosovo | -5,428 | 39.3% |
| 75th | Mauritius | -5,322 | -18.7% |
| 76th | Montenegro | -4,948 | 6.2% |
| 77th | Ghana | -4,913 | -170.1% |
| 78th | Tajikistan | -4,093 | 50.1% |
| 79th | Gambia, The | -3,696 | -6.0% |
| 80th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | -3,224 | -0.1% |
| 81st | Guam | -3,121 | 2.8% |
| 82nd | Uruguay | -3,091 | 11.8% |
| 83rd | Mauritania | -3,001 | 0.2% |
| 84th | Comoros | -2,920 | 0.6% |
| 85th | Madagascar | -2,784 | -3.6% |
| 86th | Virgin Islands (US) | -2,691 | -3.9% |
| 87th | New Caledonia | -2,614 | -0.3% |
| 88th | Samoa | -2,539 | 15.6% |
| 89th | French Polynesia | -2,183 | -21.1% |
| 90th | Marshall Islands | -2,040 | -1.8% |
| 91st | Togo | -1,985 | -0.3% |
| 92nd | São Tomé and Principe | -1,779 | 0.8% |
| 93rd | Tonga | -1,642 | 36.6% |
| 94th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1,517 | 0.0% |
| 95th | Guinea-Bissau | -1,398 | -0.4% |
| 96th | American Samoa | -1,305 | 3.3% |
| 97th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -1,281 | 4.8% |
| 98th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -1,057 | 2.9% |
| 99th | St. Martin (French part) | -951 | -15.3% |
| 100th | Suriname | -935 | -3.2% |
| 101st | Côte d'Ivoire | -796 | -104.3% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | -750 | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Vanuatu | -610 | 50.6% |
| 104th | Greenland | -350 | -2.3% |
| 105th | Tuvalu | -246 | -23.0% |
| 106th | Dominica | -234 | 88.5% |
| 107th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -202 | 0.0% |
| 108th | Grenada | -181 | 0.0% |
| 109th | Nauru | -115 | -9.5% |
| 110th | Barbados | -65 | 0.0% |
| 111th | St. Lucia | -38 | 33.3% |
| 112th | Palau | -33 | 5.7% |
| 113th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | - |
| 114th | Liechtenstein | 206 | 227.0% |
| 115th | Bermuda | 221 | - |
| 116th | San Marino | 234 | -19.6% |
| 117th | Isle of Man | 284 | 151.3% |
| 118th | Bhutan | 287 | -74.3% |
| 119th | Gibraltar | 421 | 5.0% |
| 120th | Aruba | 434 | 7.2% |
| 121st | Brunei Darussalam | 440 | 6.0% |
| 122nd | Curaçao | 537 | -16.7% |
| 123rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 545 | 0.0% |
| 124th | Faroe Islands | 634 | 17.2% |
| 125th | Channel Islands | 666 | 116.9% |
| 126th | Monaco | 798 | 0.0% |
| 127th | British Virgin Islands | 891 | 126.0% |
| 128th | Malawi | 982 | -72.0% |
| 129th | Bahamas, The | 1,002 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Cayman Islands | 1,065 | -2.7% |
| 131st | Sierra Leone | 1,234 | -73.5% |
| 132nd | Andorra | 1,357 | -4.1% |
| 133rd | Slovenia | 1,359 | 13.7% |
| 134th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,421 | 8.6% |
| 135th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,445 | 1,780.2% |
| 136th | Djibouti | 1,535 | -5.4% |
| 137th | Timor-Leste | 1,666 | 701.0% |
| 138th | Costa Rica | 1,671 | 1.3% |
| 139th | Seychelles | 1,693 | 0.7% |
| 140th | Belize | 1,705 | -48.5% |
| 141st | Slovak Republic | 3,279 | -6.0% |
| 142nd | Belarus | 3,337 | -59.7% |
| 143rd | Benin | 3,716 | -3.2% |
| 144th | Gabon | 4,013 | -45.8% |
| 145th | Argentina | 4,931 | -5.4% |
| 146th | Estonia | 5,202 | 381.2% |
| 147th | Czechia | 5,747 | 5.2% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | 6,513 | 6.0% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 6,831 | 21.3% |
| 150th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7,553 | 536.3% |
| 151st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,963 | -22.4% |
| 152nd | Iceland | 8,348 | 102.2% |
| 153rd | Macao SAR, China | 8,427 | 9.8% |
| 154th | Libya | 9,208 | 281.2% |
| 155th | Maldives | 9,555 | 1.4% |
| 156th | Luxembourg | 9,643 | -24.4% |
| 157th | Greece | 10,483 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Cyprus | 10,632 | -2.9% |
| 159th | Panama | 11,059 | 9.4% |
| 160th | Oman | 11,751 | -90.0% |
| 161st | Jordan | 12,873 | -58.5% |
| 162nd | Finland | 13,356 | -22.9% |
| 163rd | Portugal | 13,979 | 1,903.7% |
| 164th | Malta | 14,372 | 66.7% |
| 165th | Israel | 14,518 | -40.3% |
| 166th | Namibia | 16,080 | 14.8% |
| 167th | Equatorial Guinea | 16,399 | -4.1% |
| 168th | Turkmenistan | 16,678 | 24.8% |
| 169th | Chad | 16,916 | -21.5% |
| 170th | Hungary | 20,200 | 29,605.9% |
| 171st | Kazakhstan | 21,248 | 124.2% |
| 172nd | Norway | 21,657 | -18.0% |
| 173rd | Bahrain | 21,958 | -53.1% |
| 174th | Denmark | 24,561 | -26.4% |
| 175th | Zambia | 25,789 | -0.3% |
| 176th | Papua New Guinea | 26,513 | -6.9% |
| 177th | Ireland | 28,883 | 52.3% |
| 178th | Senegal | 29,605 | 0.4% |
| 179th | United Arab Emirates | 34,155 | -82.5% |
| 180th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 34,849 | -47.7% |
| 181st | Belgium | 37,981 | 35.2% |
| 182nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 38,067 | -69.3% |
| 183rd | Austria | 45,478 | -31.1% |
| 184th | Switzerland | 45,658 | -35.7% |
| 185th | Qatar | 46,719 | -61.0% |
| 186th | Ecuador | 53,707 | 51.5% |
| 187th | Thailand | 66,805 | -40.9% |
| 188th | New Zealand | 68,349 | -9.5% |
| 189th | Angola | 77,731 | -15.2% |
| 190th | Nigeria | 78,685 | 4.5% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 86,332 | -2.7% |
| 192nd | Kuwait | 92,717 | -12.4% |
| 193rd | Uganda | 92,879 | -24.7% |
| 194th | Italy | 95,147 | 12.5% |
| 195th | Sweden | 102,671 | -13.9% |
| 196th | France | 102,984 | 562.4% |
| 197th | Korea | 104,029 | 13.6% |
| 198th | Peru | 114,382 | 18.2% |
| 199th | Tanzania | 119,142 | -21.7% |
| 200th | Viet Nam | 139,245 | -16.9% |
| 201st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 176,290 | -60.0% |
| 202nd | Spain | 201,135 | 88.9% |
| 203rd | Chile | 220,621 | 62.4% |
| 204th | Malaysia | 227,677 | 2.5% |
| 205th | Australia | 255,023 | 0.1% |
| 206th | United Kingdom | 272,311 | -16.1% |
| 207th | Japan | 322,564 | 2.5% |
| 208th | South Africa | 343,146 | 139.0% |
| 209th | Canada | 372,685 | 13.1% |
| 210th | Russian Federation | 396,619 | -11.4% |
| 211th | Colombia | 431,072 | 313.0% |
| 212th | Sudan | 441,623 | 421.2% |
| 213th | Germany | 452,988 | -12.5% |
| 214th | Türkiye | 659,846 | 87.4% |
| 215th | European Union | 1.1M | 11.6% |
| 216th | United States | 1.9M | -1.3% |
FAQ
What was West Bank and Gaza's net migration in 2017?▾
West Bank and Gaza's net migration in 2017 was -25,452. This ranked 38th globally.
How did West Bank and Gaza's net migration change in 2017?▾
West Bank and Gaza's net migration decreased by 11.8% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest net migration in 2017?▾
United States had the highest net migration in 2017 at 1.9M.
What is the net migration of West Bank and Gaza in 2017?▾
The net migration of West Bank and Gaza in 2017 was -25,452. This ranked 38th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for West Bank and Gaza's net migration?▾
West Bank and Gaza's net migration went from -22,774 in 2016 to -25,452 in 2017, a 11.8% decrease.
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