Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
153
Highest
14.3%
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
0.0%
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
10,171
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 14.3% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.2%.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom (up 18,823.1%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 14.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 9.9% | 2021 | up 235.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 4.4% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 4 | British Virgin Islands | 1.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 1.2% | 2023 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Tajikistan | 0.9% | 2017 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 7 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 8 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2023 | up 8,777.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2023 | up 75.4% | falling |
| 10 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2023 | up 823.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0.4% | 2020 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 13 | Israel | 0.3% | 2023 | up 4,053.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2020 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 15 | Lebanon | 0.2% | 2023 | up 3,474.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2023 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Russia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 18 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | India | 0.1% | 2023 | up 820.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Iran | 0.1% | 2022 | up 92.7% | rising |
| 22 | Syria | 0.1% | 2016 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 311.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 452.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | up 8,558.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 369.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 370.9% | volatile |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2023 | up 18,823.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Belize | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 382.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Tanzania | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Laos | 0.0% | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 0.0% | 2023 | up 303.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Niger | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Ghana | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,444.6% | volatile |
| 51 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2020 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Angola | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | up 503.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | up 189.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2022 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 62 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | up 346.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,262.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Canada | 0.0% | 2023 | up 663.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2005 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 70 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2011 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 74 | Chad | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 364.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 787.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2023 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,638.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2023 | up 261.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2023 | up 191.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2023 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2011 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 92 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 95 | United States | 0.0% | 2023 | up 281.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | up 338.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,350.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Togo | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 108 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | up 230.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2019 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2015 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Spain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Vietnam | 0.0% | 2022 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Peru | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Benin | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Chile | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Libya | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Macao | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Malawi | 0.0% | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- AIMS: Central Asia 3.3%
- SDG: Central Asia 3.3%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 2.8%
- UIS: Central Asia 2.7%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 2.0%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.9%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 1.1%
- WB: Ida Blend 0.9%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 0.8%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 0.8%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 0.7%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 0.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 0.6%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 0.5%
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 0.5%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 0.4%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 0.4%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 0.4%
- WB: Ida Total 0.3%
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 0.3%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.2%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 0.2%
- GPE: Region 3 0.2%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 0.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 0.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 0.2%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 0.2%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 0.2%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.2%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 0.2%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 0.1%
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 0.1%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 0.1%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 0.1%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 0.1%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 0.1%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 0.1%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 0.1%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 0.1%
- UNICEF: South Asia 0.1%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release