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Human Development Report 2009

BInternational emigrants by area of residence
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in Latin America and the Caribbean (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002
1 Norway 1.0
2 Australia 0.9
3 Iceland 0.7
4 Canada 2.2
5 Ireland 0.6
6 Netherlands 2.3
7 Sweden 1.7
8 France 4.6
9 Switzerland 2.7
10 Japan 8.6
11 Luxembourg 0.7
12 Finland 0.7
13 United States 32.2
14 Austria 1.8
15 Spain 23.5
16 Denmark 1.1
17 Belgium 1.6
18 Italy 10.7
19 Liechtenstein 0.6
20 New Zealand 0.3
21 United Kingdom 1.2
22 Germany 1.6
23 Singapore 0.2
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.4
25 Greece 1.0
26 Korea (Republic of) 1.6
27 Israel 0.7
28 Andorra 0.8
29 Slovenia 0.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.2
31 Kuwait 0.2
32 Cyprus 0.2
33 Qatar 0.2
34 Portugal 12.1
35 United Arab Emirates 0.2
36 Czech Republic 0.8
37 Barbados 4.7
38 Malta 0.5
39 Bahrain 0.2
40 Estonia 0.2
41 Poland 1.4
42 Slovakia 0.6
43 Hungary 1.5
44 Chile 50.1
45 Croatia 0.5
46 Lithuania 0.4
47 Antigua and Barbuda 11.4
48 Latvia 0.3
49 Argentina 34.6
50 Uruguay 61.4
51 Cuba 4.2
52 Bahamas 1.9
53 Mexico 0.8
54 Costa Rica 16.7
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.4
56 Oman 0.2
57 Seychelles 0.2
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22.5
59 Saudi Arabia 0.8
60 Panama 10.2
61 Bulgaria 0.6
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29.4
63 Romania 1.0
64 Trinidad and Tobago 4.0
65 Montenegro 0.4 1
66 Malaysia 0.2
67 Serbia 0.4 1
68 Belarus 0.2
69 Saint Lucia 40.4
70 Albania 0.5
71 Russian Federation 0.3
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 0.4
73 Dominica 23.9
74 Grenada 20.1
75 Brazil 18.9
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3
77 Colombia 43.3
78 Peru 27.4
79 Turkey 0.2
80 Ecuador 8.5
81 Mauritius 0.2
82 Kazakhstan 0.2
83 Lebanon 4.8
84 Armenia 0.2
85 Ukraine 0.2
86 Azerbaijan 0.2
87 Thailand 0.2
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3
89 Georgia 0.2
90 Dominican Republic 6.4
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.1
92 China 0.9
93 Belize 7.6
94 Samoa 0.3
95 Maldives 0.7
96 Jordan 0.3
97 Suriname 11.0
98 Tunisia 0.2
99 Tonga 0.9
100 Jamaica 2.6
101 Paraguay 87.4
102 Sri Lanka 0.2
103 Gabon 0.2
104 Algeria 0.2
105 Philippines 0.2
106 El Salvador 5.1
107 Syrian Arab Republic 4.6
108 Fiji 0.3
109 Turkmenistan 0.2
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.3
111 Indonesia 0.2
112 Honduras 10.8
113 Bolivia 70.5
114 Guyana 8.0
115 Mongolia 0.4
116 Viet Nam 0.2
117 Moldova 0.2
118 Equatorial Guinea 0.2
119 Uzbekistan 0.2
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.2
121 Cape Verde 0.2
122 Guatemala 9.1
123 Egypt 0.3
124 Nicaragua 48.4
125 Botswana 0.2
126 Vanuatu 0.3
127 Tajikistan 0.2
128 Namibia 0.2
129 South Africa 0.3
130 Morocco 0.2
131 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2
132 Bhutan 0.2
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2
134 India 0.2
135 Solomon Islands 0.3
136 Congo 0.2
137 Cambodia 0.2
138 Myanmar 0.2
139 Comoros 0.2
140 Yemen 0.2
141 Pakistan 0.2
142 Swaziland 0.2
143 Angola 0.8
144 Nepal 0.2
145 Madagascar 0.5
146 Bangladesh 0.2
147 Kenya 0.2
148 Papua New Guinea 0.3
149 Haiti 25.7
150 Sudan 0.2
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.2
152 Ghana 0.2
153 Cameroon 0.2
154 Mauritania 0.2
155 Djibouti 0.2
156 Lesotho 0.1
157 Uganda 0.2
158 Nigeria 0.2
159 Togo 0.2
160 Malawi 0.2
161 Benin 0.2
162 Timor-Leste 0.2
163 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2
164 Zambia 0.2
165 Eritrea 0.2
166 Senegal 0.2
167 Rwanda 0.2
168 Gambia 0.2
169 Liberia 0.2
170 Guinea 0.2
171 Ethiopia 0.2
172 Mozambique 0.3
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.2
174 Burundi 0.2
175 Chad 0.2
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 0.2
177 Burkina Faso 0.2
178 Mali 0.2
179 Central African Republic 0.2
180 Sierra Leone 0.2
181 Afghanistan 0.2
182 Niger 0.2
Other UN member states
Iraq 0.2
Kiribati 0.3
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 0.9
Marshall Islands 1.0
Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.1
Monaco 0.6
Nauru 4.2
Palau 1.6
San Marino 1.1
Somalia 0.2
Tuvalu 0.3
Zimbabwe 0.2

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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