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Human Development Report 2009

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

HDI Rank Country 2000-2002 1
1 Norway 0.8
2 Australia 0.9
3 Iceland 0.8
4 Canada 0.7
5 Ireland 0.8
6 Netherlands 0.9
7 Sweden 1.9
8 France 6.9
9 Switzerland 0.9
10 Japan 0.6
11 Luxembourg 0.7
12 Finland 0.8
13 United States 1.4
14 Austria 0.8
15 Spain 0.8
16 Denmark 0.8
17 Belgium 0.9
18 Italy 0.8
19 Liechtenstein 0.7
20 New Zealand 0.5
21 United Kingdom 1.0
22 Germany 0.9
23 Singapore 0.5
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 0.5
25 Greece 0.8
26 Korea (Republic of) 0.5
27 Israel 0.4
28 Andorra 1.1
29 Slovenia 0.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 0.4
31 Kuwait 0.3
32 Cyprus 0.5
33 Qatar 0.4
34 Portugal 4.5
35 United Arab Emirates 0.5
36 Czech Republic 0.8
37 Barbados 0.5
38 Malta 0.8
39 Bahrain 0.4
40 Estonia 0.7
41 Poland 0.8
42 Slovakia 0.8
43 Hungary 0.8
44 Chile 0.5
45 Croatia 0.8
46 Lithuania 0.8
47 Antigua and Barbuda 0.5
48 Latvia 0.8
49 Argentina 0.5
50 Uruguay 0.5
51 Cuba 0.5
52 Bahamas 0.5
53 Mexico 0.5
54 Costa Rica 0.5
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5.3
56 Oman 0.3
57 Seychelles 10.7
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.5
59 Saudi Arabia 0.4
60 Panama 0.5
61 Bulgaria 0.7
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.5
63 Romania 0.8
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6
65 Montenegro 0.8 2
66 Malaysia 0.5
67 Serbia 0.8 2
68 Belarus 0.8
69 Saint Lucia 0.5
70 Albania 0.7
71 Russian Federation 0.8
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 0.8
73 Dominica 0.5
74 Grenada 0.5
75 Brazil 0.5
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8
77 Colombia 0.5
78 Peru 0.5
79 Turkey 0.5
80 Ecuador 0.5
81 Mauritius 10.2
82 Kazakhstan 0.5
83 Lebanon 4.4
84 Armenia 0.5
85 Ukraine 0.8
86 Azerbaijan 0.5
87 Thailand 0.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.5
89 Georgia 0.5
90 Dominican Republic 0.5
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5
92 China 0.5
93 Belize 0.5
94 Samoa 0.5
95 Maldives 0.5
96 Jordan 0.5
97 Suriname 0.5
98 Tunisia 3.4
99 Tonga 0.5
100 Jamaica 0.5
101 Paraguay 0.5
102 Sri Lanka 0.5
103 Gabon 11.4
104 Algeria 3.5
105 Philippines 0.5
106 El Salvador 0.5
107 Syrian Arab Republic 1.0
108 Fiji 0.5
109 Turkmenistan 0.5
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories 0.4
111 Indonesia 0.5
112 Honduras 0.5
113 Bolivia 0.5
114 Guyana 0.6
115 Mongolia 0.4
116 Viet Nam 0.5
117 Moldova 0.8
118 Equatorial Guinea 8.2
119 Uzbekistan 0.5
120 Kyrgyzstan 0.5
121 Cape Verde 25.2
122 Guatemala 0.5
123 Egypt 3.5
124 Nicaragua 0.5
125 Botswana 18.9
126 Vanuatu 0.4
127 Tajikistan 0.5
128 Namibia 42.8
129 South Africa 28.4
130 Morocco 3.5
131 Sao Tome and Principe 9.4
132 Bhutan 0.6
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5
134 India 1.0
135 Solomon Islands 0.4
136 Congo 7.6
137 Cambodia 0.5
138 Myanmar 0.5
139 Comoros 5.5
140 Yemen 0.4
141 Pakistan 0.9
142 Swaziland 48.4
143 Angola 35.2
144 Nepal 0.6
145 Madagascar 8.9
146 Bangladesh 0.6
147 Kenya 5.0
148 Papua New Guinea 0.5
149 Haiti 0.5
150 Sudan 6.7
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 23.7
152 Ghana 60.8
153 Cameroon 14.6
154 Mauritania 58.2
155 Djibouti 31.5
156 Lesotho 71.3
157 Uganda 8.5
158 Nigeria 20.2
159 Togo 34.5
160 Malawi 41.9
161 Benin 50.4
162 Timor-Leste 0.4
163 Côte d'Ivoire 39.6
164 Zambia 26.5
165 Eritrea 67.1
166 Senegal 33.2
167 Rwanda 8.0
168 Gambia 30.4
169 Liberia 13.6
170 Guinea 82.4
171 Ethiopia 4.4
172 Mozambique 35.4
173 Guinea-Bissau 54.1
174 Burundi 9.1
175 Chad 18.1
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 32.8
177 Burkina Faso 87.5
178 Mali 76.0
179 Central African Republic 14.6
180 Sierra Leone 32.1
181 Afghanistan 0.4
182 Niger 75.0
Other UN member states
Iraq 0.4
Kiribati 0.4
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 0.5
Marshall Islands 0.5
Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.5
Monaco 0.7
Nauru 0.4
Palau 0.5
San Marino 0.7
Somalia 41.0
Tuvalu 0.3
Zimbabwe 35.7

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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