Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
178
Highest
71.4%
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Vanuatu
Median
0.0%
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
8,375
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 71.4% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 1.1%.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 3,073.3%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 71.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Anguilla | 36.1% | 2008 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 16.1% | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 4 | Guyana | 13.0% | 2012 | up 120.6% | rising |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.7% | 2015 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.3% | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 7 | British Virgin Islands | 5.0% | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 4.9% | 2018 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.8% | 2004 | — | falling |
| 10 | Belize | 3.5% | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 11 | Paraguay | 3.3% | 2010 | up 360.4% | rising |
| 12 | Barbados | 3.1% | 2011 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 13 | Grenada | 2.4% | 2018 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 14 | Uruguay | 1.9% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 15 | Ecuador | 1.8% | 2023 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 16 | Bermuda | 1.7% | 2023 | up 108.7% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 1.4% | 2023 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Peru | 1.0% | 2017 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2022 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 20 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 21 | Jamaica | 0.9% | 2015 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 22 | Panama | 0.9% | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 0.8% | 2023 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 0.8% | 2019 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 25 | Andorra | 0.7% | 2023 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 26 | Angola | 0.7% | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Cuba | 0.6% | 2023 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Chile | 0.6% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2019 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2022 | up 254.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Comoros | 0.4% | 2014 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4% | 2009 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 33 | Chad | 0.3% | 2020 | up 869.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2023 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 35 | Aruba | 0.3% | 2016 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.2% | 2022 | up 308.9% | volatile |
| 37 | United States of America | 0.2% | 2023 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Portugal | 0.2% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 40 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 42 | San Marino | 0.2% | 2023 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2023 | up 38.4% | flat |
| 44 | Mozambique | 0.2% | 2018 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Spain | 0.2% | 2023 | up 216.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 0.2% | 2023 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 0.2% | 2011 | up 551.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 0.2% | 2023 | up 510.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Botswana | 0.1% | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2018 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 51 | Monaco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Fiji | 0.1% | 2019 | up 3,073.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 989.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Italy | 0.1% | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine, State of | 0.1% | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Canada | 0.1% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 58 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2023 | up 942.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 60 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2023 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 61 | Eritrea | 0.1% | 2016 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2014 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2012 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Albania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.4% | flat |
| 68 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 199.6% | rising |
| 69 | Togo | 0.0% | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 70 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 72 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 74 | Israel | 0.0% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1,438.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Uganda | 0.0% | 2014 | down 36.3% | flat |
| 77 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 78 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0% | 2020 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2015 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 81 | Niger | 0.0% | 2019 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 83 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 84 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 86 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0% | 2023 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 87 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 88 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 89 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2023 | up 122.8% | falling |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2023 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2011 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 92 | Nigeria | 0.0% | 2011 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 93 | Mali | 0.0% | 2015 | up 213.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 465.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 2023 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 99 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2019 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0.0% | 2020 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2016 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 102 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0% | 2023 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 105 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 107 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2014 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 113 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 169.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | up 524.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2023 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 121 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2023 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 125 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 129 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 131 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 121.3% | rising |
| 132 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 133 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 134 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2022 | up 220.2% | rising |
| 135 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Sudan | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2021 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Morocco | 0.0% | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 143 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2021 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2012 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 147 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2022 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2020 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 84.0% | falling |
| 151 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 157 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 159 | India | 0.0% | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 159 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2022 | down 37.9% | flat |
| 162 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 163 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2018 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 166 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Libya | 0.0% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Palau | 0.0% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2008 | 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: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 10.9%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 3.5%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 1.9%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.3%
- MDG: Caribbean 1.1%
- UNESCO: Sids 1.0%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 1.0%
- WB: Small States 0.9%
- Cecc-sica 0.8%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 0.7%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 0.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 0.6%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 0.6%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 0.6%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 0.6%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 0.6%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 0.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 0.6%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 0.6%
- MDG: Latin America 0.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 0.5%
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 0.5%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 0.5%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 0.4%
- WB: Other Small States 0.4%
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.2%
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 0.2%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 0.2%
- SDG: Northern America 0.2%
- WB: North America 0.2%
- UNICEF: North America 0.2%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 0.2%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 0.2%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 0.2%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 0.2%
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 0.2%
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.2%
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 0.2%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 0.1%
- WB: Oecd Members 0.1%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release