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Human Development Report 2009

CEducation and employment of international migrants in OECD countries (aged 15 years and above)
Tertiary emigration rate to OECD countries (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-2005
1 Norway 4.5
2 Australia 2.5
3 Iceland 18.0
4 Canada 3.0
5 Ireland 22.1
6 Netherlands 6.2
7 Sweden 4.6
8 France 4.2
9 Switzerland 9.8
10 Japan 1.1
11 Luxembourg ..
12 Finland 6.1
13 United States 0.4
14 Austria 9.8
15 Spain 2.4
16 Denmark 6.3
17 Belgium 5.8
18 Italy 3.8
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 8.2
21 United Kingdom 10.3
22 Germany 7.1
23 Singapore 12.9
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 16.8
25 Greece 7.9
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Israel 5.4
28 Andorra ..
29 Slovenia ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Kuwait 6.5
32 Cyprus 24.8
33 Qatar ..
34 Portugal 6.3
35 United Arab Emirates ..
36 Czech Republic ..
37 Barbados 47.3
38 Malta ..
39 Bahrain 5.3
40 Estonia ..
41 Poland 12.3
42 Slovakia ..
43 Hungary 8.4
44 Chile 3.8
45 Croatia ..
46 Lithuania ..
47 Antigua and Barbuda ..
48 Latvia ..
49 Argentina 2.0
50 Uruguay 5.1
51 Cuba ..
52 Bahamas ..
53 Mexico 6.5
54 Costa Rica 3.9
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
56 Oman ..
57 Seychelles ..
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.8
59 Saudi Arabia ..
60 Panama 11.1
61 Bulgaria ..
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
63 Romania ..
64 Trinidad and Tobago 66.4
65 Montenegro ..
66 Malaysia 11.3
67 Serbia ..
68 Belarus ..
69 Saint Lucia ..
70 Albania ..
71 Russian Federation ..
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) ..
73 Dominica ..
74 Grenada ..
75 Brazil 1.6
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
77 Colombia 5.8
78 Peru 3.0
79 Turkey 3.2
80 Ecuador 5.8
81 Mauritius 48.5
82 Kazakhstan ..
83 Lebanon ..
84 Armenia ..
85 Ukraine ..
86 Azerbaijan ..
87 Thailand 1.5
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.3
89 Georgia ..
90 Dominican Republic 9.8
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
92 China 3.0
93 Belize ..
94 Samoa ..
95 Maldives ..
96 Jordan 4.6
97 Suriname ..
98 Tunisia 14.3
99 Tonga ..
100 Jamaica 72.6
101 Paraguay 1.9
102 Sri Lanka 19.4
103 Gabon ..
104 Algeria 15.4
105 Philippines 7.4
106 El Salvador 14.1
107 Syrian Arab Republic 3.8
108 Fiji 38.3
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 1.8
112 Honduras 12.0
113 Bolivia 3.3
114 Guyana 76.9
115 Mongolia ..
116 Viet Nam ..
117 Moldova ..
118 Equatorial Guinea ..
119 Uzbekistan ..
120 Kyrgyzstan ..
121 Cape Verde ..
122 Guatemala 11.2
123 Egypt 3.7
124 Nicaragua 14.3
125 Botswana 4.2
126 Vanuatu ..
127 Tajikistan ..
128 Namibia ..
129 South Africa 6.8
130 Morocco ..
131 Sao Tome and Principe ..
132 Bhutan ..
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
134 India 3.5
135 Solomon Islands ..
136 Congo 25.7
137 Cambodia ..
138 Myanmar 2.5
139 Comoros ..
140 Yemen ..
141 Pakistan 9.8
142 Swaziland 3.2
143 Angola ..
144 Nepal 3.0
145 Madagascar ..
146 Bangladesh 3.2
147 Kenya 27.2
148 Papua New Guinea 15.1
149 Haiti 67.5
150 Sudan 4.6
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 15.6
152 Ghana 33.7
153 Cameroon 12.5
154 Mauritania ..
155 Djibouti ..
156 Lesotho 3.8
157 Uganda 24.2
158 Nigeria ..
159 Togo 11.8
160 Malawi 15.5
161 Benin 11.3
162 Timor-Leste ..
163 Côte d'Ivoire ..
164 Zambia 15.5
165 Eritrea ..
166 Senegal 18.6
167 Rwanda 20.8
168 Gambia 44.6
169 Liberia 24.7
170 Guinea ..
171 Ethiopia ..
172 Mozambique 53.6
173 Guinea-Bissau 71.5
174 Burundi ..
175 Chad ..
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 9.6
177 Burkina Faso ..
178 Mali 14.6
179 Central African Republic 9.1
180 Sierra Leone 34.5
181 Afghanistan 6.4
182 Niger 5.8
Other UN member states
Iraq 8.4
Kiribati ..
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
Marshall Islands ..
Micronesia (Federated States of) ..
Monaco ..
Nauru ..
Palau ..
San Marino ..
Somalia ..
Tuvalu ..
Zimbabwe 9.4


Sources :
OECD (2008a). A Profile of Immigrant Populations in the 21st Century: Data from OECD Countries. Paris: OECD Publishing.


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