# Net migration in United Arab Emirates

Net migration in United Arab Emirates was 300,004 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `ae`
- 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/united-arab-emirates
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=ae

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 300,004 |
| 2022 | 322,773 |
| 2021 | 421,663 |
| 2020 | 92,541 |
| 2019 | -125,186 |
| 2018 | 14,611 |
| 2017 | 34,155 |
| 2016 | 195,317 |
| 2015 | 342,468 |
| 2014 | 360,174 |
| 2013 | 279,269 |
| 2012 | 225,921 |
| 2011 | 215,183 |
| 2010 | 161,842 |
| 2009 | 163,643 |
| 2008 | 523,207 |
| 2007 | 722,380 |
| 2006 | 399,306 |
| 2005 | 174,926 |
| 2004 | 176,319 |
| 2003 | 177,237 |
| 2002 | 178,988 |
| 2001 | 178,779 |
| 2000 | 178,469 |
| 1999 | 180,469 |
| 1998 | 183,329 |
| 1997 | 183,310 |
| 1996 | 180,296 |
| 1995 | 68,938 |
| 1994 | 62,352 |
| 1993 | 65,545 |
| 1992 | 65,739 |
| 1991 | 66,943 |
| 1990 | 67,118 |
| 1989 | 68,132 |
| 1988 | 68,991 |
| 1987 | 69,493 |
| 1986 | 69,655 |
| 1985 | 37,605 |
| 1984 | 38,124 |
| 1983 | 38,536 |
| 1982 | 38,276 |
| 1981 | 37,600 |
| 1980 | 78,148 |
| 1979 | 82,238 |
| 1978 | 82,359 |
| 1977 | 81,111 |
| 1976 | 78,903 |
| 1975 | 42,380 |
| 1974 | 42,474 |
| 1973 | 42,243 |
| 1972 | 41,888 |
| 1971 | 41,425 |
| 1970 | 40,792 |
| 1969 | 39,902 |
| 1968 | 28,866 |
| 1967 | -283 |
| 1966 | 1,516 |
| 1965 | 2,598 |
| 1964 | 3,126 |
| 1963 | 3,264 |
| 1962 | 3,212 |
| 1961 | 3,141 |
| 1960 | 3,102 |