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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002
1 Norway   9.3
2 Australia   10.9
3 Iceland   4.3
4 Canada   5.8
5 Ireland   3.4
6 Netherlands   7.1
7 Sweden   6.3
8 France   6.5
9 Switzerland   6.9
10 Japan   12.9
11 Luxembourg   3.2
12 Finland   4.4
13 United States   20.1
14 Austria   9.1
15 Spain   3.4
16 Denmark   6.9
17 Belgium   6.3
18 Italy   3.5
19 Liechtenstein   3.1
20 New Zealand   6.6
21 United Kingdom   9.9
22 Germany   17.0
23 Singapore   51.2
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR)   3.9
25 Greece   14.4
26 Korea (Republic of)   35.7
27 Israel   76.1
28 Andorra   3.2
29 Slovenia   3.4
30 Brunei Darussalam   25.3
31 Kuwait   84.1
32 Cyprus   10.8
33 Qatar   59.3
34 Portugal   3.2
35 United Arab Emirates   71.9
36 Czech Republic   7.1
37 Barbados   3.4
38 Malta   3.4
39 Bahrain   86.1
40 Estonia   6.7
41 Poland   8.9
42 Slovakia   4.7
43 Hungary   6.7
44 Chile   3.6
45 Croatia   3.2
46 Lithuania   8.7
47 Antigua and Barbuda   46.6
48 Latvia   7.8
49 Argentina   10.6
50 Uruguay   3.5
51 Cuba   3.5
52 Bahamas   3.5
53 Mexico   3.9
54 Costa Rica   3.8
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya   39.8
56 Oman   60.4
57 Seychelles   2.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   3.4
59 Saudi Arabia   66.5
60 Panama   3.5
61 Bulgaria   68.3
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis   3.1
63 Romania   19.7
64 Trinidad and Tobago   3.4
65 Montenegro   11.3 1
66 Malaysia   66.8
67 Serbia   11.3 1
68 Belarus   8.6
69 Saint Lucia   3.3
70 Albania   3.9
71 Russian Federation   35.3
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of)   17.9
73 Dominica   3.6
74 Grenada   3.4
75 Brazil   30.4
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina   3.5
77 Colombia   3.5
78 Peru   9.4
79 Turkey   10.2
80 Ecuador   3.3
81 Mauritius   2.6
82 Kazakhstan   13.6
83 Lebanon   18.6
84 Armenia   11.3
85 Ukraine   12.1
86 Azerbaijan   23.3
87 Thailand   60.1
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of)   17.9
89 Georgia   15.7
90 Dominican Republic   3.8
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   3.4
92 China   64.0
93 Belize   3.5
94 Samoa   5.4
95 Maldives   38.9
96 Jordan   81.3
97 Suriname   3.1
98 Tunisia   9.9
99 Tonga   5.5
100 Jamaica   3.4
101 Paraguay   3.9
102 Sri Lanka   54.1
103 Gabon   2.1
104 Algeria   6.8
105 Philippines   35.4
106 El Salvador   3.5
107 Syrian Arab Republic   49.5
108 Fiji   5.0
109 Turkmenistan   12.1
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories   85.4
111 Indonesia   77.5
112 Honduras   3.6
113 Bolivia   4.9
114 Guyana   3.4
115 Mongolia   21.0
116 Viet Nam   15.1
117 Moldova   7.7
118 Equatorial Guinea   3.0
119 Uzbekistan   39.7
120 Kyrgyzstan   10.4
121 Cape Verde   3.0
122 Guatemala   3.7
123 Egypt   70.5
124 Nicaragua   3.5
125 Botswana   2.7
126 Vanuatu   5.3
127 Tajikistan   42.8
128 Namibia   2.5
129 South Africa   3.3
130 Morocco   13.2
131 Sao Tome and Principe   3.0
132 Bhutan   89.3
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic   15.6
134 India   72.0
135 Solomon Islands   5.6
136 Congo   2.1
137 Cambodia   13.1
138 Myanmar   77.6
139 Comoros   4.8
140 Yemen   85.4
141 Pakistan   72.5
142 Swaziland   3.2
143 Angola   3.8
144 Nepal   95.0
145 Madagascar   3.0
146 Bangladesh   92.4
147 Kenya   4.2
148 Papua New Guinea   8.9
149 Haiti   3.4
150 Sudan   45.9
151 Tanzania (United Republic of)   2.8
152 Ghana   3.4
153 Cameroon   3.2
154 Mauritania   4.5
155 Djibouti   5.0
156 Lesotho   2.3
157 Uganda   3.7
158 Nigeria   4.4
159 Togo   2.7
160 Malawi   2.5
161 Benin   3.1
162 Timor-Leste   39.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire   3.1
164 Zambia   2.9
165 Eritrea   11.5
166 Senegal   3.0
167 Rwanda   3.2
168 Gambia   2.9
169 Liberia   4.4
170 Guinea   3.0
171 Ethiopia   37.5
172 Mozambique   2.5
173 Guinea-Bissau   2.8
174 Burundi   3.2
175 Chad   5.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the)   2.6
177 Burkina Faso   3.0
178 Mali   3.1
179 Central African Republic   2.1
180 Sierra Leone   3.0
181 Afghanistan   91.4
182 Niger   3.0
Other UN member states
Iraq   59.2
Kiribati   5.5
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)   47.5
Marshall Islands   25.1
Micronesia (Federated States of)   23.1
Monaco   5.9
Nauru   5.6
Palau   55.3
San Marino   3.1
Somalia   9.6
Tuvalu   5.1
Zimbabwe   3.0

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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