Five years cumulative net migration rose 0% to -10,384 persons in Nicaragua in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, five years cumulative net migration in Nicaragua reached an all time high of -2,417 persons in 1960 and an all time low of -44,933 persons in 2003. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, five years cumulative net migration in Costa Rica amounted to 2,084 persons, -27,343 persons in El Salvador, -5,779 persons in Honduras and -52,649 persons in Mexico in 2021.
Nicaragua has been ranked 121st within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of five years cumulative net migration, 14 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Migration (Five Years Cumulative) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | persons | 1,363 | 1,283 | 1,222 | 1,185 | 1,164 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | persons | 4,065 | 4,150 | 4,196 | 4,198 | 4,154 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | persons | -51,282 | -47,499 | -50,616 | -54,158 | -55,143 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | persons | -48,162 | -39,266 | -48,049 | -56,884 | -58,095 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | persons | -6,512 | -6,685 | -6,782 | -6,768 | -6,550 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | -82,173 | 33,094 | -12,438 | -99,430 | -47,764 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | persons | -24,359 | -23,081 | -21,841 | -20,739 | -19,733 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | persons | 8,648 | 10,109 | 11,059 | 11,130 | 10,623 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 1,221,849 | 1,449,371 | 1,377,630 | 1,200,796 | 1,158,444 |
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