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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002
1 Norway 2.6
2 Australia 17.1
3 Iceland 1.6
4 Canada 2.7
5 Ireland 5.8
6 Netherlands 13.5
7 Sweden 2.6
8 France 2.4
9 Switzerland 3.2
10 Japan 4.3
11 Luxembourg 0.4
12 Finland 2.4
13 United States 4.2
14 Austria 4.4
15 Spain 1.0
16 Denmark 4.4
17 Belgium 1.2
18 Italy 6.7
19 Liechtenstein 0.2
20 New Zealand 68.6
21 United Kingdom 30.0
22 Germany 2.9
23 Singapore 13.5
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 11.0
25 Greece 12.7
26 Korea (Republic of) 4.2
27 Israel 0.8
28 Andorra 0.2
29 Slovenia 6.3
30 Brunei Darussalam 12.9
31 Kuwait 0.6
32 Cyprus 10.9
33 Qatar 1.9
34 Portugal 0.8
35 United Arab Emirates 1.5
36 Czech Republic 2.1
37 Barbados 0.4
38 Malta 42.0
39 Bahrain 0.7
40 Estonia 1.4
41 Poland 2.9
42 Slovakia 0.7
43 Hungary 5.9
44 Chile 4.5
45 Croatia 9.0
46 Lithuania 1.2
47 Antigua and Barbuda (.)
48 Latvia 3.0
49 Argentina 1.8
50 Uruguay 3.8
51 Cuba (.)
52 Bahamas 0.6
53 Mexico (.)
54 Costa Rica 0.3
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.0
56 Oman 2.5
57 Seychelles 14.9
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.4
59 Saudi Arabia 0.8
60 Panama 0.1
61 Bulgaria 0.4
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1
63 Romania 1.3
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4
65 Montenegro 3.5 1
66 Malaysia 11.6
67 Serbia 3.5 1
68 Belarus 0.1
69 Saint Lucia 0.1
70 Albania 0.2
71 Russian Federation 0.2
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 17.1
73 Dominica (.)
74 Grenada 0.2
75 Brazil 0.6
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.0
77 Colombia 0.3
78 Peru 0.8
79 Turkey 1.0
80 Ecuador 0.2
81 Mauritius 9.8
82 Kazakhstan (.)
83 Lebanon 12.5
84 Armenia 0.1
85 Ukraine 0.3
86 Azerbaijan (.)
87 Thailand 3.4
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.3
89 Georgia 0.1
90 Dominican Republic (.)
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1
92 China 3.5
93 Belize 0.1
94 Samoa 75.3
95 Maldives 19.8
96 Jordan 0.6
97 Suriname (.)
98 Tunisia 0.1
99 Tonga 54.8
100 Jamaica 0.1
101 Paraguay 0.1
102 Sri Lanka 6.5
103 Gabon (.)
104 Algeria 0.1
105 Philippines 4.9
106 El Salvador 1.0
107 Syrian Arab Republic 1.7
108 Fiji 51.6
109 Turkmenistan (.)
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.3
111 Indonesia 2.9
112 Honduras 0.1
113 Bolivia 0.2
114 Guyana 0.2
115 Mongolia 1.8
116 Viet Nam 8.0
117 Moldova 0.1
118 Equatorial Guinea (.)
119 Uzbekistan (.)
120 Kyrgyzstan (.)
121 Cape Verde (.)
122 Guatemala 0.1
123 Egypt 1.6
124 Nicaragua 0.1
125 Botswana 4.7
126 Vanuatu 65.4
127 Tajikistan (.)
128 Namibia 2.7
129 South Africa 13.5
130 Morocco 0.1
131 Sao Tome and Principe (.)
132 Bhutan 0.5
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.0
134 India 1.3
135 Solomon Islands 77.3
136 Congo (.)
137 Cambodia 8.9
138 Myanmar 3.7
139 Comoros (.)
140 Yemen 0.1
141 Pakistan 0.4
142 Swaziland 2.1
143 Angola (.)
144 Nepal 0.3
145 Madagascar 0.1
146 Bangladesh 0.2
147 Kenya 1.8
148 Papua New Guinea 80.7
149 Haiti (.)
150 Sudan 0.8
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 0.7
152 Ghana 0.2
153 Cameroon 0.1
154 Mauritania (.)
155 Djibouti 0.5
156 Lesotho 0.2
157 Uganda 0.9
158 Nigeria 0.2
159 Togo (.)
160 Malawi 0.4
161 Benin (.)
162 Timor-Leste 41.0
163 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1
164 Zambia 1.6
165 Eritrea 0.3
166 Senegal (.)
167 Rwanda (.)
168 Gambia 0.1
169 Liberia 0.2
170 Guinea (.)
171 Ethiopia 1.5
172 Mozambique 0.1
173 Guinea-Bissau (.)
174 Burundi (.)
175 Chad (.)
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) (.)
177 Burkina Faso (.)
178 Mali (.)
179 Central African Republic 0.1
180 Sierra Leone 0.5
181 Afghanistan 0.5
182 Niger (.)
Other UN member states
Iraq 2.7
Kiribati 57.0
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) (.)
Marshall Islands 5.4
Micronesia (Federated States of) 40.7
Monaco 0.2
Nauru 71.5
Palau 21.6
San Marino 0.1
Somalia 1.0
Tuvalu 75.3
Zimbabwe 5.1


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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