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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002
1 Norway 23.3
2 Australia 21.9
3 Iceland 30.3
4 Canada 72.7
5 Ireland 19.4
6 Netherlands 28.6
7 Sweden 20.6
8 France 15.9
9 Switzerland 16.4
10 Japan 59.5
11 Luxembourg 6.9
12 Finland 10.2
13 United States 12.6
14 Austria 19.8
15 Spain 9.1
16 Denmark 21.7
17 Belgium 13.3
18 Italy 26.0
19 Liechtenstein 2.5
20 New Zealand 6.9
21 United Kingdom 34.6
22 Germany 35.2
23 Singapore 12.3
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 63.2
25 Greece 27.4
26 Korea (Republic of) 50.3
27 Israel 14.6
28 Andorra 1.2
29 Slovenia 19.1
30 Brunei Darussalam 28.3
31 Kuwait 6.5
32 Cyprus 9.0
33 Qatar 18.4
34 Portugal 18.7
35 United Arab Emirates 11.5
36 Czech Republic 21.0
37 Barbados 64.9
38 Malta 16.5
39 Bahrain 3.1
40 Estonia 9.1
41 Poland 31.8
42 Slovakia 9.2
43 Hungary 35.6
44 Chile 20.6
45 Croatia 13.4
46 Lithuania 11.6
47 Antigua and Barbuda 32.5
48 Latvia 15.7
49 Argentina 23.3
50 Uruguay 13.0
51 Cuba 82.2
52 Bahamas 84.7
53 Mexico 92.5
54 Costa Rica 71.9
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14.7
56 Oman 10.7
57 Seychelles 10.4
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.6
59 Saudi Arabia 15.5
60 Panama 80.6
61 Bulgaria 4.9
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.3
63 Romania 19.0
64 Trinidad and Tobago 81.4
65 Montenegro 10.8 1
66 Malaysia 9.4
67 Serbia 10.8 1
68 Belarus 2.6
69 Saint Lucia 33.8
70 Albania 5.6
71 Russian Federation 3.4
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 10.2
73 Dominica 45.5
74 Grenada 56.9
75 Brazil 25.3
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.0
77 Colombia 33.0
78 Peru 41.3
79 Turkey 3.7
80 Ecuador 45.3
81 Mauritius 4.9
82 Kazakhstan 0.4
83 Lebanon 31.2
84 Armenia 9.2
85 Ukraine 5.9
86 Azerbaijan 1.2
87 Thailand 22.3
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 39.6
89 Georgia 1.2
90 Dominican Republic 77.9
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.9
92 China 23.3
93 Belize 83.3
94 Samoa 16.6
95 Maldives 4.8
96 Jordan 8.2
97 Suriname 2.7
98 Tunisia 2.3
99 Tonga 35.8
100 Jamaica 73.0
101 Paraguay 4.6
102 Sri Lanka 12.7
103 Gabon 1.7
104 Algeria 1.8
105 Philippines 49.9
106 El Salvador 86.8
107 Syrian Arab Republic 17.0
108 Fiji 38.0
109 Turkmenistan 0.5
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.6
111 Indonesia 4.8
112 Honduras 81.1
113 Bolivia 15.1
114 Guyana 78.6
115 Mongolia 35.1
116 Viet Nam 57.4
117 Moldova 3.5
118 Equatorial Guinea 0.6
119 Uzbekistan 1.2
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.6
121 Cape Verde 14.0
122 Guatemala 83.0
123 Egypt 7.4
124 Nicaragua 44.4
125 Botswana 10.8
126 Vanuatu 2.8
127 Tajikistan 0.4
128 Namibia 5.4
129 South Africa 13.8
130 Morocco 2.8
131 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6
132 Bhutan 2.8
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 62.9
134 India 15.0
135 Solomon Islands 4.5
136 Congo 1.1
137 Cambodia 50.5
138 Myanmar 11.8
139 Comoros 0.6
140 Yemen 3.6
141 Pakistan 9.1
142 Swaziland 7.1
143 Angola 1.0
144 Nepal 1.3
145 Madagascar 2.4
146 Bangladesh 1.8
147 Kenya 14.4
148 Papua New Guinea 4.4
149 Haiti 64.3
150 Sudan 4.6
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 11.4
152 Ghana 9.1
153 Cameroon 8.9
154 Mauritania 2.3
155 Djibouti 4.7
156 Lesotho 1.1
157 Uganda 13.9
158 Nigeria 14.8
159 Togo 2.0
160 Malawi 1.7
161 Benin 0.5
162 Timor-Leste 0.2
163 Côte d'Ivoire 5.6
164 Zambia 3.8
165 Eritrea 4.3
166 Senegal 2.9
167 Rwanda 2.3
168 Gambia 12.4
169 Liberia 48.8
170 Guinea 1.4
171 Ethiopia 30.7
172 Mozambique 0.6
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.6
174 Burundi 1.1
175 Chad 0.5
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2.2
177 Burkina Faso 0.3
178 Mali 0.5
179 Central African Republic 0.6
180 Sierra Leone 24.0
181 Afghanistan 2.7
182 Niger 0.5
Other UN member states
Iraq 10.7
Kiribati 28.6
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 48.6
Marshall Islands 64.2
Micronesia (Federated States of) 30.4
Monaco 3.4
Nauru 11.1
Palau 17.6
San Marino 8.0
Somalia 10.8
Tuvalu 1.6
Zimbabwe 5.7

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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