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Human Development Report 2009

BInternational emigrants by area of residence
Proportion of international migrant stocks residing in countries with very high levels of human development (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002 1
1 Norway 87.0
2 Australia 83.4
3 Iceland 92.4
4 Canada 91.6
5 Ireland 93.4
6 Netherlands 88.0
7 Sweden 87.2
8 France 70.4
9 Switzerland 86.8
10 Japan 78.8
11 Luxembourg 92.9
12 Finland 91.2
13 United States 45.7
14 Austria 84.7
15 Spain 70.4
16 Denmark 88.3
17 Belgium 88.4
18 Italy 82.9
19 Liechtenstein 93.1
20 New Zealand 92.1
21 United Kingdom 87.2
22 Germany 75.6
23 Singapore 49.1
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 94.8
25 Greece 83.4
26 Korea (Republic of) 86.5
27 Israel 24.8
28 Andorra 84.5
29 Slovenia 72.1
30 Brunei Darussalam 73.3
31 Kuwait 13.4
32 Cyprus 87.6
33 Qatar 35.2
34 Portugal 78.3
35 United Arab Emirates 21.6
36 Czech Republic 69.2
37 Barbados 90.7
38 Malta 93.9
39 Bahrain 11.4
40 Estonia 47.2
41 Poland 74.8
42 Slovakia 84.9
43 Hungary 86.6
44 Chile 45.3
45 Croatia 87.0
46 Lithuania 28.2
47 Antigua and Barbuda 41.1
48 Latvia 35.3
49 Argentina 59.1
50 Uruguay 34.0
51 Cuba 91.3
52 Bahamas 93.7
53 Mexico 94.8
54 Costa Rica 78.8
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 68.1
56 Oman 33.1
57 Seychelles 57.0
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.7
59 Saudi Arabia 26.8
60 Panama 85.5
61 Bulgaria 24.2
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 66.2
63 Romania 74.9
64 Trinidad and Tobago 91.6
65 Montenegro 76.2 2
66 Malaysia 78.8
67 Serbia 76.2 2
68 Belarus 7.7
69 Saint Lucia 55.1
70 Albania 89.6
71 Russian Federation 13.0
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 75.7
73 Dominica 71.5
74 Grenada 75.4
75 Brazil 69.3
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.1
77 Colombia 52.2
78 Peru 66.6
79 Turkey 85.4
80 Ecuador 86.7
81 Mauritius 63.7
82 Kazakhstan 6.2
83 Lebanon 67.2
84 Armenia 17.7
85 Ukraine 14.5
86 Azerbaijan 6.9
87 Thailand 43.7
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 82.8
89 Georgia 15.5
90 Dominican Republic 88.8
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.5
92 China 79.5
93 Belize 88.1
94 Samoa 76.5
95 Maldives 60.6
96 Jordan 15.8
97 Suriname 83.7
98 Tunisia 81.1
99 Tonga 90.2
100 Jamaica 92.9
101 Paraguay 8.2
102 Sri Lanka 46.4
103 Gabon 27.6
104 Algeria 83.7
105 Philippines 66.5
106 El Salvador 90.5
107 Syrian Arab Republic 40.9
108 Fiji 92.5
109 Turkmenistan 10.2
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 6.4
111 Indonesia 25.5
112 Honduras 84.9
113 Bolivia 24.4
114 Guyana 87.6
115 Mongolia 75.8
116 Viet Nam 85.0
117 Moldova 12.0
118 Equatorial Guinea 18.7
119 Uzbekistan 8.5
120 Kyrgyzstan 6.9
121 Cape Verde 62.3
122 Guatemala 86.4
123 Egypt 21.8
124 Nicaragua 47.3
125 Botswana 36.6
126 Vanuatu 57.2
127 Tajikistan 6.3
128 Namibia 19.5
129 South Africa 57.5
130 Morocco 82.8
131 Sao Tome and Principe 68.5
132 Bhutan 10.5
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 84.2
134 India 47.9
135 Solomon Islands 60.4
136 Congo 17.5
137 Cambodia 86.5
138 Myanmar 23.1
139 Comoros 52.2
140 Yemen 17.5
141 Pakistan 27.7
142 Swaziland 24.0
143 Angola 29.2
144 Nepal 5.6
145 Madagascar 67.2
146 Bangladesh 7.7
147 Kenya 53.6
148 Papua New Guinea 59.1
149 Haiti 70.0
150 Sudan 12.5
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 29.4
152 Ghana 21.6
153 Cameroon 47.2
154 Mauritania 19.3
155 Djibouti 52.4
156 Lesotho 4.2
157 Uganda 58.1
158 Nigeria 33.0
159 Togo 13.2
160 Malawi 13.6
161 Benin 5.2
162 Timor-Leste 59.8
163 Côte d'Ivoire 48.4
164 Zambia 18.5
165 Eritrea 10.4
166 Senegal 40.6
167 Rwanda 11.4
168 Gambia 51.6
169 Liberia 60.4
170 Guinea 6.6
171 Ethiopia 75.1
172 Mozambique 13.3
173 Guinea-Bissau 31.5
174 Burundi 5.8
175 Chad 3.8
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 17.4
177 Burkina Faso 2.9
178 Mali 5.7
179 Central African Republic 13.5
180 Sierra Leone 55.4
181 Afghanistan 11.0
182 Niger 3.6
Other UN member states
Iraq 44.2
Kiribati 62.6
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 85.9
Marshall Islands 69.1
Micronesia (Federated States of) 35.7
Monaco 90.1
Nauru 86.3
Palau 22.3
San Marino 92.9
Somalia 39.2
Tuvalu 83.0
Zimbabwe 34.7

Notes :
1 - Percentages may not sum to 100% due to movements to areas not classified by human development categories.
2 - 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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