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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990)
1991 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
1992 0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
1993 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
1994 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
1995 NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) note: since April 1994, more than one million refugees have fled the civil strife between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Rwanda and crossed into Zaire, Burundi, and Tanzania; close to 350,000 Rwandan Tutsis who fled civil strife in earlier years are returning to Rwanda and a few of the recent Hutu refugees are going home despite the danger of doing so; the ethnic violence continues and in 1995 could produce further refugee flows as well as deter returns
1996 146.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.) note: since April 1994, more than two million refugees have fled the civil strife between the Hutu and Tutsi factions in Rwanda and crossed into Zaire, Burundi, and Tanzania; close to 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis who fled civil strife in earlier years have returned to Rwanda, and 90,000 of the Hutu refugees are going home despite the perceived danger of doing so; the ethnic violence continues and in 1996 could produce further refugee flows as well as disc
1997 64.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.) note: following the outbreak of genocidal strife in Rwanda in April 1994 between Tutsi and Hutu factions, more than 2 million refugees fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; according to the UN High Commission on Refugees, in 1996 and early 1997 nearly 1,300,000 Hutus returned to Rwanda; of these 720,000 returned from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 480,000 from Tanzania, 88,000 from Bur
1998 5.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.) note: following the outbreak of genocidal strife in Rwanda in April 1994 between Tutsi and Hutu factions, more than 2 million refugees fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire; according to the UN High Commission on Refugees, in 1996 and early 1997 nearly 1,300,000 Hutus returned to Rwanda; of these 720,000 returned from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 480,000 from Tanzania, 88,000 from Buru
1999 4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.) note: following the outbreak of genocidal strife in Rwanda in April 1994 between Tutsi and Hutu factions, more than 2 million refugees fled to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire); according to the UN High Commission on Refugees, in 1996 and early 1997 nearly 1.3 million Hutus returned to Rwanda--of these 720,000 returned from Democratic Republic of the Congo, 480,000 from Tanzania, 88,000 from B
2000 -2.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
2001 -1.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
2002 -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
2003 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
2004 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
2005 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
2006 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
2007 2.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
2008 2.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
2009 2.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 41
2010 1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 54
2011 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 52
2012 1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 54
2013 0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 58
2014 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) country comparison to the world: 63
2015 0.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 66
2016 0.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) | country comparison to the world: 63
2017 0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.) | country comparison to the world: 68
2018 0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
2019 -0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)
2020 -3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.)
2021 -3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
2022 -3.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
2023 -3.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
2024 -3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)
2025 -0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)