Internal migration rates (lifetime since-birth and recent within-5-years), province-to-province migration flow shares, and migration effectiveness ratios drawn from Rwanda's Fifth Population and Housing Census (2022). Source is Migration_and Spatial Mobility Thematic report.xlsx (351 KB, 112 sheets), a direct static download from the NISR portal. RPHC4 (2012) migration data exists only as a PDF, so this is a single-census-year (2022) snapshot -- migration_type (lifetime vs recent) is the comparative dimension instead of census_year. Migration rates are available at national and province level with urban/rural and sex breakdowns; flow shares and effectiveness ratios are province level only.
| COLUMN | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | UNIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| census_year | int64 | Census reference year. Always 2022 -- RPHC4 (2012) migration is PDF-only. | - |
| geography | string | Geographic unit name. Rwanda (national) or one of five provinces (City of Kigali, Southern Province, Western Province, Northern Province, Eastern Province). topic=migration_rate has national + province rows; topic=migration_flow and migration_effectiveness are province only. | - |
| geography_level | string | Geographic level -- national or province | - |
| area | string | Urban/rural breakdown -- total, urban, or rural. Only topic=migration_rate publishes an area breakdown; migration_flow and migration_effectiveness are always area=total. | - |
| sex | string | Sex breakdown -- male, female, or both_sexes. Only topic=migration_rate publishes a sex breakdown; migration_flow and migration_effectiveness are always sex=both_sexes. | - |
| migration_type | string | lifetime (migrants who currently live outside their province of birth) or recent (migrants who changed district of residence within the last 5 years). Published for every topic. | - |
| topic | string | Indicator topic. Values: migration_rate (% of population that are migrants), migration_flow (% distribution of migrants by origin province/Abroad x destination province), migration_effectiveness (in/out/net/gross migration counts and effectiveness ratio by province). | - |
| category | string | For topic=migration_flow, the origin province (or "Abroad") of the migrant. For topic=migration_effectiveness, one of in_migrants, out_migrants, net_migration, gross_migration, effectiveness_ratio. Null for topic=migration_rate. | - |
| value | float64 | Indicator value, scale depends on unit. migration_rate and migration_flow: percentage (0-100). migration_effectiveness in/out/net/gross migration: person counts (net_migration can be negative). effectiveness_ratio: net/gross migration ratio in [-1, 1] (negative indicates net out-migration). | - |
| unit | string | Unit of the value column. Values: percent (migration_rate, migration_flow), count (migration_effectiveness in/out/net/gross migration), ratio (migration_effectiveness effectiveness_ratio). | - |