Net migration in Rwanda

Net migration to Rwanda was 6,282 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1997.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2025 6,282 People
Change from 2024 +21,864people 2024: -15,582 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 48th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Rwanda over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2016 to 2025
Period Rwanda
2025 6,282 people
2024 -15,582 people
2023 -9,001 people
2022 -9,001 people
2021 -21,492 people
2020 -22,251 people
2019 -24,492 people
2018 -25,323 people
2017 -25,634 people
2016 -24,474 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +21,864 from -15,582 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -21,862 people, the figure has changed by +28,144.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Rwanda has the 48th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Rwanda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects