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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002 1
1 Norway 7.1
2 Australia 12.1
3 Iceland 4.1
4 Canada 4.8
5 Ireland 3.3
6 Netherlands 4.2
7 Sweden 4.7
8 France 9.7
9 Switzerland 5.3
10 Japan 9.7
11 Luxembourg 3.1
12 Finland 4.0
13 United States 17.3
14 Austria 5.7
15 Spain 3.9
16 Denmark 5.8
17 Belgium 4.6
18 Italy 3.9
19 Liechtenstein 3.0
20 New Zealand 5.7
21 United Kingdom 8.1
22 Germany 6.4
23 Singapore 16.0
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 3.2
25 Greece 5.3
26 Korea (Republic of) 10.6
27 Israel 70.4
28 Andorra 11.3
29 Slovenia 3.2
30 Brunei Darussalam 24.7
31 Kuwait 58.2
32 Cyprus 3.8
33 Qatar 57.2
34 Portugal 3.3
35 United Arab Emirates 71.6
36 Czech Republic 4.0
37 Barbados 3.7
38 Malta 3.4
39 Bahrain 82.8
40 Estonia 10.1
41 Poland 6.4
42 Slovakia 3.5
43 Hungary 3.8
44 Chile 4.7
45 Croatia 3.2
46 Lithuania 9.0
47 Antigua and Barbuda 46.7
48 Latvia 11.8
49 Argentina 19.1
50 Uruguay 5.1
51 Cuba 4.3
52 Bahamas 3.2
53 Mexico 3.4
54 Costa Rica 10.8
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 18.9
56 Oman 57.9
57 Seychelles 30.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.2
59 Saudi Arabia 62.3
60 Panama 4.0
61 Bulgaria 17.2
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.3
63 Romania 5.1
64 Trinidad and Tobago 3.9
65 Montenegro 4.0 2
66 Malaysia 19.6
67 Serbia 4.0 2
68 Belarus 24.1
69 Saint Lucia 5.8
70 Albania 3.4
71 Russian Federation 54.5
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 4.8
73 Dominica 3.7
74 Grenada 4.0
75 Brazil 21.4
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2
77 Colombia 3.5
78 Peru 6.2
79 Turkey 4.4
80 Ecuador 3.2
81 Mauritius 24.4
82 Kazakhstan 19.7
83 Lebanon 11.6
84 Armenia 16.4
85 Ukraine 8.1
86 Azerbaijan 24.9
87 Thailand 25.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.1
89 Georgia 20.5
90 Dominican Republic 4.3
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.4
92 China 13.5
93 Belize 7.3
94 Samoa 21.9
95 Maldives 35.8
96 Jordan 56.3
97 Suriname 12.0
98 Tunisia 8.7
99 Tonga 7.7
100 Jamaica 3.1
101 Paraguay 4.2
102 Sri Lanka 35.1
103 Gabon 59.8
104 Algeria 7.6
105 Philippines 7.6
106 El Salvador 6.1
107 Syrian Arab Republic 19.8
108 Fiji 5.9
109 Turkmenistan 17.6
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 78.3
111 Indonesia 13.7
112 Honduras 10.9
113 Bolivia 4.4
114 Guyana 4.2
115 Mongolia 6.3
116 Viet Nam 11.8
117 Moldova 37.1
118 Equatorial Guinea 72.0
119 Uzbekistan 41.1
120 Kyrgyzstan 11.9
121 Cape Verde 10.8
122 Guatemala 7.5
123 Egypt 20.3
124 Nicaragua 6.2
125 Botswana 43.2
126 Vanuatu 40.8
127 Tajikistan 42.9
128 Namibia 36.6
129 South Africa 12.5
130 Morocco 7.8
131 Sao Tome and Principe 20.1
132 Bhutan 87.9
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.0
134 India 30.7
135 Solomon Islands 37.9
136 Congo 73.8
137 Cambodia 11.5
138 Myanmar 75.4
139 Comoros 37.8
140 Yemen 16.2
141 Pakistan 47.4
142 Swaziland 25.8
143 Angola 33.7
144 Nepal 91.6
145 Madagascar 8.7
146 Bangladesh 83.2
147 Kenya 39.8
148 Papua New Guinea 39.3
149 Haiti 17.3
150 Sudan 42.0
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 45.7
152 Ghana 16.5
153 Cameroon 36.7
154 Mauritania 18.9
155 Djibouti 11.5
156 Lesotho 23.6
157 Uganda 31.8
158 Nigeria 44.5
159 Togo 51.4
160 Malawi 43.4
161 Benin 43.5
162 Timor-Leste 38.5
163 Côte d'Ivoire 10.4
164 Zambia 53.8
165 Eritrea 13.1
166 Senegal 24.7
167 Rwanda 79.7
168 Gambia 16.5
169 Liberia 24.9
170 Guinea 10.2
171 Ethiopia 10.5
172 Mozambique 50.1
173 Guinea-Bissau 13.1
174 Burundi 84.2
175 Chad 74.3
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 48.6
177 Burkina Faso 8.9
178 Mali 17.5
179 Central African Republic 70.9
180 Sierra Leone 11.1
181 Afghanistan 84.0
182 Niger 20.6
Other UN member states
Iraq 48.7
Kiribati 35.8
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 12.2
Marshall Islands 26.4
Micronesia (Federated States of) 33.6
Monaco 6.3
Nauru 8.7
Palau 64.5
San Marino 3.0
Somalia 11.7
Tuvalu 12.3
Zimbabwe 28.2

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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