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Human Development Report 2009

BInternational emigrants by area of residence
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Africa (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002
1 Norway 1.7
2 Australia 2.5
3 Iceland 1.7
4 Canada 1.3
5 Ireland 1.6
6 Netherlands 2.0
7 Sweden 3.3
8 France 16.0
9 Switzerland 2.5
10 Japan 1.3
11 Luxembourg 1.6
12 Finland 1.8
13 United States 2.7
14 Austria 1.9
15 Spain 1.8
16 Denmark 2.1
17 Belgium 2.0
18 Italy 2.0
19 Liechtenstein 1.5
20 New Zealand 1.1
21 United Kingdom 2.2
22 Germany 2.3
23 Singapore 0.9
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 1.0
25 Greece 1.9
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.9
27 Israel 1.0
28 Andorra 10.2
29 Slovenia 1.7
30 Brunei Darussalam 1.4
31 Kuwait 5.0
32 Cyprus 1.0
33 Qatar 7.6
34 Portugal 5.6
35 United Arab Emirates 6.6
36 Czech Republic 2.0
37 Barbados 1.1
38 Malta 1.8
39 Bahrain 4.7
40 Estonia 1.6
41 Poland 1.7
42 Slovakia 1.7
43 Hungary 1.7
44 Chile 1.1
45 Croatia 1.6
46 Lithuania 1.7
47 Antigua and Barbuda 1.0
48 Latvia 1.6
49 Argentina 1.1
50 Uruguay 1.1
51 Cuba 1.1
52 Bahamas 1.1
53 Mexico 1.1
54 Costa Rica 1.1
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16.3
56 Oman 8.6
57 Seychelles 39.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.0
59 Saudi Arabia 8.3
60 Panama 1.1
61 Bulgaria 1.5
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.0
63 Romania 1.7
64 Trinidad and Tobago 1.1
65 Montenegro 1.6 1
66 Malaysia 1.4
67 Serbia 1.6 1
68 Belarus 1.8
69 Saint Lucia 1.1
70 Albania 1.6
71 Russian Federation 1.9
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 1.6
73 Dominica 1.0
74 Grenada 1.1
75 Brazil 1.0
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.7
77 Colombia 1.1
78 Peru 1.0
79 Turkey 0.9
80 Ecuador 1.0
81 Mauritius 32.8
82 Kazakhstan 1.0
83 Lebanon 10.3
84 Armenia 1.0
85 Ukraine 1.8
86 Azerbaijan 1.0
87 Thailand 1.0
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.1
89 Georgia 1.0
90 Dominican Republic 1.1
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.1
92 China 1.1
93 Belize 1.1
94 Samoa 0.8
95 Maldives 1.4
96 Jordan 5.9
97 Suriname 1.0
98 Tunisia 9.3
99 Tonga 0.8
100 Jamaica 1.1
101 Paraguay 1.1
102 Sri Lanka 0.9
103 Gabon 69.9
104 Algeria 9.5
105 Philippines 0.9
106 El Salvador 1.1
107 Syrian Arab Republic 7.7
108 Fiji 0.8
109 Turkmenistan 1.0
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 11.1
111 Indonesia 1.0
112 Honduras 1.1
113 Bolivia 1.1
114 Guyana 1.1
115 Mongolia 0.9
116 Viet Nam 0.9
117 Moldova 1.8
118 Equatorial Guinea 77.9
119 Uzbekistan 1.0
120 Kyrgyzstan 1.0
121 Cape Verde 33.8
122 Guatemala 1.1
123 Egypt 10.5
124 Nicaragua 1.1
125 Botswana 60.3
126 Vanuatu 0.8
127 Tajikistan 1.0
128 Namibia 77.8
129 South Africa 38.6
130 Morocco 9.1
131 Sao Tome and Principe 27.2
132 Bhutan 0.7
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9
134 India 1.7
135 Solomon Islands 0.9
136 Congo 80.1
137 Cambodia 0.9
138 Myanmar 0.8
139 Comoros 42.0
140 Yemen 6.1
141 Pakistan 1.4
142 Swaziland 72.5
143 Angola 65.8
144 Nepal 0.7
145 Madagascar 28.2
146 Bangladesh 0.7
147 Kenya 41.5
148 Papua New Guinea 0.8
149 Haiti 1.1
150 Sudan 42.9
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 67.5
152 Ghana 74.8
153 Cameroon 48.9
154 Mauritania 75.9
155 Djibouti 41.7
156 Lesotho 93.5
157 Uganda 37.5
158 Nigeria 62.3
159 Togo 83.8
160 Malawi 83.7
161 Benin 91.6
162 Timor-Leste 0.8
163 Côte d'Ivoire 47.7
164 Zambia 78.3
165 Eritrea 78.2
166 Senegal 55.7
167 Rwanda 85.2
168 Gambia 44.7
169 Liberia 34.9
170 Guinea 90.3
171 Ethiopia 8.6
172 Mozambique 83.8
173 Guinea-Bissau 65.0
174 Burundi 90.8
175 Chad 90.7
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 79.7
177 Burkina Faso 94.0
178 Mali 91.1
179 Central African Republic 84.1
180 Sierra Leone 40.9
181 Afghanistan 0.8
182 Niger 93.3
Other UN member states
Iraq 5.1
Kiribati 0.8
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 0.9
Marshall Islands 0.8
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.8
Monaco 2.0
Nauru 0.7
Palau 0.7
San Marino 1.5
Somalia 50.8
Tuvalu 0.7
Zimbabwe 61.8

Notes :
1 - Data refer to Serbia and Montenegro prior to its separation into two independent states in June 2006.

Sources :
calculated based on data from Migration DRC (2007). "Global Migrant Origin Database (Version 4)." Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex.
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