# Net migration in Malawi

Net migration in Malawi was -5,811 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `mw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/malawi
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=mw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -5,811 |
| 2022 | -5,231 |
| 2021 | -2,666 |
| 2020 | -2,655 |
| 2019 | -1,837 |
| 2018 | -3,267 |
| 2017 | 982 |
| 2016 | 3,505 |
| 2015 | -6,471 |
| 2014 | -10,317 |
| 2013 | -12,934 |
| 2012 | -13,561 |
| 2011 | -12,170 |
| 2010 | -9,327 |
| 2009 | -8,590 |
| 2008 | -9,264 |
| 2007 | -22,680 |
| 2006 | -29,450 |
| 2005 | -31,462 |
| 2004 | -32,221 |
| 2003 | -31,729 |
| 2002 | -30,013 |
| 2001 | -28,933 |
| 2000 | -28,098 |
| 1999 | -31,686 |
| 1998 | -39,491 |
| 1997 | -61,646 |
| 1996 | -66,212 |
| 1995 | -66,366 |
| 1994 | -505,365 |
| 1993 | -284,867 |
| 1992 | 37,142 |
| 1991 | 15,291 |
| 1990 | 71,111 |
| 1989 | 180,031 |
| 1988 | 201,011 |
| 1987 | 271,693 |
| 1986 | 62,615 |
| 1985 | 74,625 |
| 1984 | 72,435 |
| 1983 | 68,197 |
| 1982 | 62,661 |
| 1981 | 57,376 |
| 1980 | 52,294 |
| 1979 | 46,388 |
| 1978 | 36,225 |
| 1977 | 19,638 |
| 1976 | 8,206 |
| 1975 | 5,162 |
| 1974 | 3,833 |
| 1973 | 1,623 |
| 1972 | 48 |
| 1971 | -710 |
| 1970 | -2,147 |
| 1969 | -2,266 |
| 1968 | -924 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |