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Net migration: record highs and lows

The extremes of net migration as published by ONS, across the 55 periods held here (Year ending June 2012 to 2025). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

944,000Year ending March 2023

Lowest published

35,000Year ending September 2020

The full series

Net migration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250k500k750k2015202020252012: 195,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 244,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 284,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 303,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 249,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 208,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 276,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 184,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 93,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 467,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 891,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 848,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 331,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 171,000 people · published 21 May 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodNet migration
2012195,000 people
2013244,000 people
2014284,000 people
2015303,000 people
2016249,000 people
2017208,000 people
2018276,000 people
2019184,000 people
202093,000 people
2021467,000 people
2022891,000 people
2023848,000 people
2024331,000 people
2025171,000 people

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.