gdidata

This R package collects cleaned public datasets relating to migration. Tables may be called by running gdidata::dataset_name.

Datasets

Dates indicate last update by data provider, where available.

• Missing Migrants Project (iom_mmp)

  Deaths and disappearances of people in the process of migration towards an international destination. [ daily | source | 2025-11-25 ]

• Detections of Illegal Border Crossings (frontex)

  Government detections of illegal border crossings into Mediterranean countries, as compiled by Frontex. [ monthly | source | 2025-10-03 ]

• U.S. Southwest Land Border Encounters (irreg_usa)

  Encounters by border authorities of noncitizens irregularly crossing the United States southwest land border, by demographics and by nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-11-05 ]

• Irregular Migrants Processed in Mexico (irreg_mexico_dmg, irreg_mexico_nat)

  Count of foreigners in an irregular migratory situation processed in Mexico, by sex and age and by nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-10-28 ]

• Expulsions from Mexico (irreg_mexico_exp)

  Count of foreigners expelled from Mexico, by nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-10-28 ]

• Irregular Migrant Arrivals to Honduras (irreg_honduras, irreg_honduras_nat, irreg_honduras_dmg)

  Irregular migrant transits through Honduras, by sex, age, and nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-11-30 ]

• Guatemalans Returned from Mexico and the United States (irreg_guatemala)

  Count of Guatemalans returned to Guatemala from Mexico and the United States, by sex and age. [ monthly | source | 2025-11-30 ]

• Irregular Transits Through the Darién (irreg_darien_dmg, irreg_darien_nat)

  Irregular migrant transits through the Darién region of Panama as reported by the government, by sex and age and by nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-11-25 ]

• Boat Arrivals to Australia (irreg_australia)

  Statistics on refugee boats arrivals to Australia. [ annual | source ]

• Migrant Stock Estimates (undesa_stocks)

  Count of migrant population in 233 countries, areas, and territories by place of origin and sex from 1990 to 2024, as estimated by UN DESA. [ annual | source | 2025-01-27 ]

• World Population Prospects (undesa_wpp)

  Population count (in thousands) by sex and age from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 update. [ annual | source | 2024-07-11 ]

• Global Internal Displacement Database (idmc_stocks, idmc_flows)

  Stock and flow count of internally displaced persons, by cause of displacement, sex, and age, as reported by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. [ annual | source | 2025-05-13 ]

• Forcibly Displaced Population (unhcr)

  Count of forcibly displaced populations at yearend, as reported by UNHCR. [ annual | source | 2024-10-08 ]

• EU Asylum Applications (eu_asyapp_m)

  First time asylum application in the EU, by applicant’s nationality. [ monthly | source | 2025-11-30 ]

• EU Return Orders (eu_eiord)

  Third-country nationals in the EU ordered to leave and returned following an order to leave. [ quarterly | source | 2025-10-21 ]

• EU Actual Returns (eu_eirtn)

  Third-country nationals in the EU returned following an order to leave. [ quarterly | source | 2025-10-21 ]

• EM-DAT: The International Disaster Database (emdat_disaster)

  Occurrence and impacts of mass disasters. [ annual ]

• World Development Indicators (wdi)

  Collection of annual country-level indicators from the World Bank.

  • Birth rate (birth): number of live births occurring during the year per 1000 population estimated at midyear. [ annual | source ]

  • Age dependency ratio (depend): number of dependents (younger than 15 or older than 64) per 100 working-age persons (aged 15-64). [ annual | source ]

  • Foreign direct investment net inflows (fdiin): direct investment equity net inflows in current U.S. dollars. [ annual | source ]

  • GDP, current $ (gdp): sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes minus any subsidies not included in the value of products, in current U.S. dollars. [ annual | source ]

  • GDP per capita, PPP constant 2021 international $ (income): gross domestic product per capita converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates [ annual | source ]

  • Inflation rate (inf): annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. [ annual | source ]

  • Net migration (nmig): number of immigrants minus number of emigrants, including both citizens and noncitizens. [ annual | source ]

  • Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism (polstb): measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism, expressed in standard deviations from the mean. [ annual | source | 2023-09-29 ]

  • Population (pop): midyear count of all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship from the UN World Population Prospect 2024 update. [ annual | source ]

  • Personal remittances received (remin): comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees in cash or in kind from nonresident households to resident households in current U.S. dollars. [ annual | source ]

  • Personal remittances paid (remout): comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees in cash or in kind from resident households to nonresident households in current U.S. dollars. [ source ]

  • Unemployment rate (unem): share of labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. [ annual | source ]