Net migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

Net migration to Sub-Saharan Africa was -223,909 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 -223,909 People
Change from 2024 +67.1% 2024: -680,868 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate

Net migration in Sub-Saharan Africa 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), 2001 to 2025
Period Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
2025 -223,909 people 0 people
2024 -680,868 people 0 people
2023 -675,711 people 0 people
2022 -366,066 people 0 people
2021 -18,082 people 0 people
2020 269,247 people 0 people
2019 -185,433 people 0 people
2018 107,286 people 0 people
2017 200,462 people 0 people
2016 -806,882 people 0 people
2015 -145,609 people 0 people
2014 -637,187 people 0 people
2013 -498,891 people 0 people
2012 -708,692 people 0 people
2011 -952,932 people 0 people
2010 -705,340 people 0 people
2009 -696,903 people 0 people
2008 -678,251 people 0 people
2007 -726,996 people 0 people
2006 -794,157 people 0 people
2005 -695,332 people 0 people
2004 -499,023 people 0 people
2003 -591,625 people 0 people
2002 -527,322 people 0 people
2001 -594,968 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +67.1% from -680,868 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -145,609 people, the figure has changed by −53.8%.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

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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 Sub-Saharan Africa
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