Lesotho - Net migration

Net migration

The value for Net migration in Lesotho was -50,234 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -6,538 in 1977 and a minimum value of -161,218 in 2002.

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 -24,999
1967 -22,399
1972 -24,048
1977 -6,538
1982 -25,760
1987 -40,195
1992 -7,839
1997 -37,212
2002 -161,218
2007 -92,476
2012 -47,704
2017 -50,234

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Migration