Australia |
Inflows:
Includes persons who are entitled to stay permanently in Australia at arrival (Settler Arrivals) as well as those who changed status from temporary to permanent residence. Settler arrivals include holders of a permanent visa, holders of a temporary (provisional) visa where there is a clear intention to settle, citizens of New Zealand indicating an intention to settle and persons otherwise eligible to settle.
Outflows:
People leaving Australia for 12 months or more in a 16-month period. Net Overseas Migration (NOM). |
Data refer to the fiscal year (July to June of the year indicated). From 2014, figures inferior to 5 individuals are not shown. |
Department of Home Affairs. |
Austria |
Inflows and outflows:
Foreigners holding a residence permit and who have actually stayed for at least 3 months. |
Outflows include administrative corrections. |
Population Registers, Statistics Austria. |
Belgium |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a residence permit and intending to stay in the country for a period that is of at least 3 months (up to 2009) or of at least 12 months (from 2010).
Outflows:
Up to 2009: Departures and automatic write-offs. From 2010: Changes of usual residence for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months. |
Both series include breaks in 2010 and in 2011, and data for the year 2019 are provisional. |
Population Register, Eurostat. |
Canada |
Total number of people who have been granted permanent resident status in Canada. |
Country of origin refers to country of last permanent residence. Due to privacy considerations, the figures have been subjected to random rounding (either up or down to multiples of 5). |
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. |
Chile |
Total number of people who obtained a temporary visa for the first time. |
Estimations for the years 2017 and 2018. |
Register of residence permits, Department of Foreigners and Migration, Ministry of the Interior and Public Security. |
Colombia |
Inflows of all foreign nationals who entered Colombia in the given year and subsequently stayed for at least 90 days. |
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Migration Colombia, Ministry of External Relations. |
Czech Republic |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a permanent or a long-term residence permit (visa over 90 days) or who were granted asylum in the given year. Excludes nationals of EU countries if they intend to stay for less than 30 days in the country.
Outflows:
Departures of foreigners who were staying in the country on a permanent or temporary basis. |
Country of origin refers to country of last permanent or temporary residence. Inflows and outflows of nationals of EU countries are likely to be underestimated. |
Register of Foreigners, Czech Statistical Office. |
Denmark |
Inflows:
Foreigners who live legally in Denmark, are registered in the Central population register, and have been living in the country for at least one year.
Outflows:
Include administrative corrections. |
Excludes asylum seekers and all those with temporary residence permits. |
Central Population Register, Statistics Denmark. |
Estonia |
Inflows and outflows:
Foreigners expecting to stay in the country (out of the country in the case outflows) for at least 12 months. |
The number of nationals from other EU countries who are staying temporarily in the country for at least 12 months may be underestimated. |
Statistics Estonia. |
Finland |
Inflows and outflows:
Foreign nationals with a residence permit valid for more than one year and nationals of EU countries who intend to stay in the country for more than 12 months. Nordic citizens who are moving for less than 6 months are not included. |
Includes foreign persons of Finnish origin. Excludes asylum seekers and persons with temporary residence permits. Inflows and outflows of nationals of EU countries can be underestimated. |
Central Population Register, Statistics Finland. |
France |
Inflows: Inflows of non-EU nationals are first issuances of permanent-type permits. They include status changes from a temporary-type permit to a permanent-type permit. Inflows of EU nationals included from 2013 onwards are extracted from the permanent census.
Outflows: Departures of usual residents for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months. |
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Inflows: Ministry of the Interior and INSEE.
Outflows: Eurostat. |
Germany |
Inflows:
Foreigners who had previously no registered address in Germany and intending to stay at least one week in the country.
Outflows:
Deregistrations from population registers of persons who move out of their address without taking a new address in the country and administrative deregistrations. |
Includes asylum seekers living in private households. Excludes inflows of ethnic Germans (Aussiedler). |
Central Population Register, Federal Statistical Office. |
Greece |
Inflows: Permits valid for more than 12 months delivered to third country nationals.
Outflows: Departures of usual residents for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months. |
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Hellenic Statistical Authority (HAS) until 2020, Eurostat for 2021
Outflows: Eurostat. |
Hungary |
Inflows:
Foreigners expecting to stay in the country for at least 90 days.
Outflows:
Foreign citizens having a residence or a settlement document and who left Hungary in the given year with no intention to return, or whose permission’s validity has expired and did not apply for a new one or whose permission was invalidated by authority due to withdrawal. From 2012 on, includes estimations. |
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Population Register, Office of Immigration and Nationality, Central Statistical Office. |
Iceland |
Inflows and outflows:
Foreigners expecting to stay in the country (out of the country in the case outflows) for at least 12 months. |
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Register of Migration Data, Statistics Iceland. |
Ireland |
Inflows:
The estimates derive from the quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) and relate to those persons resident in the country at the time of the survey and who were living abroad one year earlier.
Outflows:
The estimates derive from the quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) and relate to the persons who were resident in the country at a point in the previous twelve-month period who are now living abroad. |
Figures for Tables A.1. and A.2. are based on May to April of the year indicated. |
Central Statistics Office. |
Israel |
Data refer to permanent immigrants by last country of residence. |
The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law. |
Population register, Central Bureau of Statistics. |
Italy |
Inflows and outflows:
Changes of residence. |
Excludes seasonal workers. Administrative corrections are made following censuses (the last census took place in 2011). |
Administrative Population Register (Anagrafe) analysed by ISTAT. |
Japan |
Inflows:
Foreigners who entered the country, excluding temporary visitors and re-entries.
Outflows:
Foreigners who left Japan without re-entry permission. Excludes temporary visitors. |
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Ministry of Justice, Immigration Bureau. |
Korea |
Inflows and outflows:
Data refer to long-term inflows/outflows (more than 90 days). |
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Ministry of Justice. |
Latvia |
Inflows and outflows:
Long-term migration (permanent change of residence or for a period of at least one year). |
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Population Register, Central Statistical Office. |
Lithuania |
Inflows and outflows:
Foreign citizens who have been residing in the country for at least 6 months. |
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Lithuanian Department of Migration. |
Luxembourg |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a residence permit and intending to stay in the country for at least 12 months.
Outflows:
Foreigners who left the country with the intention to live abroad for at least 12 months. |
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Central Population Register, Central Office of Statistics and Economic Studies (Statec). |
Mexico |
Until 2012, number of foreigners who are issued an immigrant permit for the first time ("inmigrante" FM2). 2011 and 2012 also include new and former refugees who obtained immigrant status ("inmigrado"). From 2013 on, number of foreigners who are issued a permanent residence card, as the 2011 Migration Act came into effect. |
The sharp increase in the numbers of 2013 is explained by administrative changes with the implementation of the 2011 Migration Act. Most of these "new residents" are foreigners already in the country on a temporary status. |
National Migration Institute, Unit for Migration Policy, Ministry of Interior. |
Netherlands |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a residence permit and intending to stay in the country for at least four of the next six months.
Outflows:
Outflows include the "net administrative corrections", i.e. unreported emigration of foreigners. |
Inflows exclude asylum seekers who are staying in reception centres. |
Population Register, Central Bureau of Statistics. |
New Zealand |
Inflows:
Permanent and long-term arrivals to live in the country for 12 months or more.
Outflows:
Permanent and long-term departures: Foreign-born returning to live overseas after a stay of 12 months or more in New Zealand. |
This data is based on Stats NZ migration flows data calculated using the 12/16 month rule. This data is provisional until 16 months after the fact; for this reason we will continue to provide updated figures for both the reporting year and the previous year. For more information see https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/defining-migrants-using-travel-histories-and-the-1216-month-rule |
Statistics New Zealand. |
Norway |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a residence or work permit and intending to stay in the country for at least 6 months. Include EU/EFTA foreigners.
Outflows:
Foreigners holding a residence or work permit and who stayed in the country for at least 6 months. |
Asylum seekers are registered as immigrants only after having settled in a Norwegian municipality following a positive outcome of their application. An asylum seeker whose application has been rejected will not be registered as an ‘immigrant’, even if the application process has taken a long time and return to the home country is delayed for a significant period. |
Central Population Register, Statistics Norway. |
Poland |
Inflows:
Number of permanent and "fixed-term" residence permits issued. Since 26 August 2006, nationals of European Union Member States and their family members are no longer issued residence permits. However, they still need to register their stay in Poland, provided that they are planning to stay in Poland for more than 3 months.
Outflows:
Departures of usual residents for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months. |
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Inflows: Office for Foreigner.
Outflows: Eurostat. |
Portugal |
Inflows:
Data based on residence permits. Following the new legislation, the data include the new residence permits delivered to every foreigner with a citizenship from an EU or non-EU country. Includes continuous regularisation.
Outflows:
Departures of usual residents for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months. |
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Inflows: Immigration and Border Control Office (SEF); National Statistical Institute (INE); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (before 2008).
Outflows: Eurostat. |
Slovak Republic |
Inflows and outflows:
Includes permanent, temporary, and tolerated residents. |
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Register of Foreigners, Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. |
Slovenia |
Inflows and outflows:
Persons who immigrated/emigrated to Slovenia from abroad and have usual residence in Slovenia (intend to stay for a year or more). |
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Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS). Eurostat. |
Spain |
Inflows and outflows:
Changes in regular residence for at least 12 months declared by foreigners. |
From 2008 on, data correspond to Migration Statistics estimates that are based on the number of registrations and cancellations in the Municipal Registers by all foreigners, irrespective of their legal status. |
Municipal Population Registers (Padron municipal de habitantes), National Statistical Institute (INE). |
Sweden |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a residence permit and intending to stay in the country for at least one year (including nationals of EU countries).
Outflows:
Departures of foreigners who have the intention to live abroad for at least one year. |
Excludes asylum seekers and temporary workers. |
Population Register, Statistics Sweden. |
Switzerland |
Inflows:
Foreigners holding a permanent or an annual residence permit. Holders of an L-permit (short duration) are also included if their stay in the country is longer than 12 months.
Outflows:
Departures of foreigners holding a permanent or an annual residence permit and of holders of an L-permit who stayed in the country for at least one year. The data include administrative corrections, so that, for example, foreigners whose permit expired are considered to have left the country. |
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Register of Foreigners, Federal Office of Migration. |
Türkiye |
Inflows:
Residence permits issued for the first time to foreigners intending to stay 12 months or more in the country (long-term residents).
Outflows:
Departures of long-term residents. |
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Turkish Statistical Institute. |
United Kingdom |
Inflows:
OECD Secretariat calculation based on entry clearance data.
Outflows:
Non-British citizens leaving the United Kingdom. x |
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Home Office. |
United States |
Permanent migrants: Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) ("green card" recipients). |
Includes persons already present in the United States who changed status. Certain LPRs are admitted conditionally and are required to remove their conditional status after two years; they are counted as LPRs when they first enter. Data cover the fiscal year (October to September of the year indicated). |
Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security; Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. |