{"metric":"net_migration","title":"Net migration","topic":"migration","unit":"people","measure_type":"estimate","geography":"K02000001","comparison_method":"year_on_year","latest":{"period_start":"2025-01-01","period_end":"2025-12-31","period_label":"2025","value":171000,"status":"provisional","vintage":"2026-05-21"},"comparison":{"period_label":"2024","value":331000,"vintage":"2026-05-21"},"source":{"publisher":"ONS","publication":"Long-term international migration, provisional","landing_url":"https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/longterminternationalimmigrationemigrationandnetmigrationflowsprovisional","sheet":"1","table":"Table 1","row":"Net migration","column":"YE Dec 25 P","raw_value":"171000","file_url":"","file_sha256":"254a57a0d1e30c40c42843290c6dcc8ccb935ad26ac9148ad2665846ff7e9147","release_date":"2026-05-21","release_label":"Year ending December 2025"},"definition":"The estimated number of people who moved to the UK intending to stay at least 12 months, minus the number who left the UK for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.","does_not_measure":"Short-term visitors, people who stay less than a year, the total number of foreign-born people living in the UK, or people who arrived without being counted.","links":{"page":"/migration/net-migration","series":"/api/metrics/net_migration/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/net_migration/vintages"}}