Which country in North America has the highest net migration?

Canada has the highest net migration in North America: +7.8 per 1,000 people (2025). Next come the United States (+3.6 per 1,000 people) and the Bahamas (+2.3 per 1,000 people).

Which country in North America has the lowest net migration?

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with −7.1 per 1,000 people (2025).

What is the typical net migration of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is −0.4 per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

People who moved into the country in a year minus people who moved out, for every 1,000 inhabitants — above zero, more arrive than leave. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in North America by net migration

People who moved into the country in a year minus people who moved out, for every 1,000 inhabitants — above zero, more arrive than leave. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

Map: Net migration — North America — **−10**−3−0.5+0.5+3+10No data

Highest

+7.8

Canada

Median country

−0.4

half above, half below

Lowest

−7.1

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Countries in North America by net migration, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
1	Canada	+7.8	Northern America
2	United States	+3.6	Northern America
3	Bahamas	+2.3	Caribbean
4	Panama	+1.3	Central America
5	Belize	+0.9	Central America
6	Trinidad and Tobago	+0.5	Caribbean
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.4	Caribbean
8	Costa Rica	+0.2	Central America
9	Antigua and Barbuda	+0.1	Caribbean
10	Saint Lucia	−0.1	Caribbean
11	Barbados	−0.3	Caribbean
=12	Guatemala	−0.4	Central America
=12	Honduras	−0.4	Central America
14	Mexico	−0.8	Central America
15	Nicaragua	−1.2	Central America
16	Grenada	−1.6	Caribbean
17	Cuba	−2.0	Caribbean
18	Haiti	−2.7	Caribbean
19	Dominican Republic	−3.1	Caribbean
20	Dominica	−3.7	Caribbean
21	El Salvador	−3.8	Central America
22	Jamaica	−3.9	Caribbean
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	−7.1	Caribbean

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Sint Maarten	+12.1	Territory of Netherlands
Cayman Islands	+11.7	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	+3.9	Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands	+3.8	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	+3.0	Territory of Netherlands
Puerto Rico	+1.7	Territory of United States of America
Aruba	+1.0	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	0.0	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	−3.4	Territory of United States of America
Greenland	−4.7	Territory of Denmark
Saint Martin	−46.9	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in North America has the highest net migration?: Canada has the highest net migration in North America: +7.8 per 1,000 people (2025). Next come the United States (+3.6 per 1,000 people) and the Bahamas (+2.3 per 1,000 people).
Which country in North America has the lowest net migration?: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with −7.1 per 1,000 people (2025).
What is the typical net migration of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is −0.4 per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: People who moved into the country in a year minus people who moved out, for every 1,000 inhabitants — above zero, more arrive than leave. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.