Costa Rica - Net migration

Net migration

The value for Net migration in Costa Rica was 21,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89,527 in 1997 and a minimum value of 7,827 in 1967.

Definition: Net migration is the net total of migrants during the period, that is, the total number of immigrants less the annual number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. Data are five-year estimates.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1962 7,905
1967 7,827
1972 12,638
1977 17,425
1982 18,876
1987 17,417
1992 69,202
1997 89,527
2002 41,792
2007 30,339
2012 19,658
2017 21,000

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Migration