Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
170
Highest
15.2%
Seychelles
Lowest
0.0%
Suriname
Median
0.1%
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
8,063
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 15.2% in Seychelles; the lowest is 0.0% in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.7%.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,794.2%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 15.2% | 2018 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Samoa | 11.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Maldives | 9.8% | 2017 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Andorra | 8.3% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Aruba | 7.7% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.6% | 2018 | up 49.7% | falling |
| 7 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.3% | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | 4.7% | 2018 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Nepal | 4.1% | 2018 | up 435.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Bhutan | 3.8% | 2018 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mongolia | 3.3% | 2018 | up 132.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Malawi | 2.4% | 2011 | up 1,040.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Tonga | 2.3% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 14 | Mauritius | 2.0% | 2018 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Djibouti | 1.9% | 2011 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Eritrea | 1.8% | 2016 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 1.7% | 2018 | up 148.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cambodia | 1.4% | 2018 | up 38.3% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 1.4% | 2018 | up 653.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Yemen | 1.2% | 2011 | up 394.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 1.1% | 2016 | up 255.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Liechtenstein | 1.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Gambia | 1.0% | 2012 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 24 | Macau, China | 0.9% | 2013 | up 818.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Palau | 0.7% | 2013 | up 308.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 0.7% | 2018 | up 192.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 2018 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Oman | 0.6% | 2018 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Comoros | 0.6% | 2014 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Mauritania | 0.6% | 2018 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2018 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahrain | 0.6% | 2018 | up 839.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Republic of Korea | 0.5% | 2018 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 34 | China | 0.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 35 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.5% | 2016 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2012 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 37 | Malaysia | 0.5% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 0.4% | 2018 | up 614.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 0.4% | 2018 | up 172.0% | rising |
| 40 | Palestine, State of | 0.4% | 2018 | up 194.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2011 | up 2,206.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2018 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 43 | Chad | 0.3% | 2015 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2015 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.3% | 2018 | up 153.7% | rising |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2018 | up 2,794.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3% | 2015 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 48 | Guinea | 0.3% | 2014 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 0.2% | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2016 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 0.2% | 2018 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 52 | Kuwait | 0.2% | 2018 | up 240.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2% | 2016 | up 805.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Bermuda | 0.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2018 | up 465.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Niger | 0.2% | 2018 | up 1,488.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Namibia | 0.2% | 2018 | up 829.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2014 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2017 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2018 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2018 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2018 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 63 | Eswatini | 0.2% | 2013 | up 561.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Cameroon | 0.1% | 2018 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2018 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Congo | 0.1% | 2017 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 67 | Hong Kong, China | 0.1% | 2013 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2018 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2018 | up 105.8% | flat |
| 73 | Finland | 0.1% | 2018 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2017 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2012 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2018 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2017 | up 424.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2018 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 228.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Mali | 0.1% | 2015 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 81 | Belize | 0.1% | 2018 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2018 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 83 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2018 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2019 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2018 | up 389.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Japan | 0.1% | 2018 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 87 | Canada | 0.1% | 2018 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 88 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2018 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Norway | 0.1% | 2018 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 90 | France | 0.1% | 2018 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2018 | up 324.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2018 | up 202.1% | rising |
| 93 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 94 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2005 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 0.1% | 2003 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2012 | up 210.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2018 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2018 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2018 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2015 | up 215.4% | rising |
| 102 | India | 0.0% | 2018 | up 207.1% | rising |
| 103 | Australia | 0.0% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 104 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2018 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 105 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2014 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 106 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2018 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2018 | up 1,230.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2018 | up 237.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2018 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 110 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 227.4% | rising |
| 111 | Germany | 0.0% | 2018 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 235.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2018 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2011 | up 2,020.1% | volatile |
| 116 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2018 | up 219.5% | rising |
| 117 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2018 | up 148.1% | rising |
| 118 | Benin | 0.0% | 2018 | up 90.6% | flat |
| 119 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2018 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2010 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 121 | Italy | 0.0% | 2018 | up 260.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2018 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 123 | Austria | 0.0% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 124 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2017 | up 180.9% | rising |
| 125 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2004 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 127 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2018 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 128 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2018 | up 236.8% | rising |
| 129 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2018 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 130 | United States of America | 0.0% | 2018 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 131 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2018 | up 341.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2018 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 0.0% | 2018 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 134 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2018 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2015 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2018 | up 214.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2018 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 140 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 141 | Panama | 0.0% | 2016 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 142 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Malta | 0.0% | 2018 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 144 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2018 | up 435.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Albania | 0.0% | 2018 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0% | 2016 | up 304.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Angola | 0.0% | 2016 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Israel | 0.0% | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 149 | Spain | 0.0% | 2018 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Poland | 0.0% | 2018 | up 205.7% | rising |
| 152 | Togo | 0.0% | 2018 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2018 | up 297.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2018 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 158 | Peru | 0.0% | 2017 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 159 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2018 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 160 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2018 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 161 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2018 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 162 | Greece | 0.0% | 2018 | up 104.0% | rising |
| 163 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2018 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 164 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2018 | up 376.6% | falling |
| 165 | Chile | 0.0% | 2018 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 166 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2017 | up 222.6% | rising |
| 167 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2018 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2018 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 169 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0% | 2009 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 2.0%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1.7%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 1.7%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 1.2%
- WB: Other Small States 1.2%
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 1.1%
- WB: Small States 1.0%
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 0.9%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 0.9%
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 0.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 0.9%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.7%
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 0.7%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 0.7%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 0.7%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 0.6%
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 0.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 0.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 0.6%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 0.6%
- WB: Ida Only 0.6%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 0.6%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 0.6%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.6%
- UIS: Central Asia 0.5%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.5%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 0.5%
- GPE: Region 3 0.5%
- WB: Ida Total 0.5%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 0.5%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 0.5%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 0.5%
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 0.5%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 0.5%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 0.5%
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 0.5%
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 0.5%
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 0.5%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 0.5%
- UNESCO: Sids 0.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release