Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
177
Highest
242.6%
Anguilla
Lowest
0.2%
Sudan
Median
2.5%
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
8,903
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 242.6% in Anguilla; the lowest is 0.2% in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.5%, and the mean is 9.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,506.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Cayman Islands (up 1,232.1%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 90.5%).
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anguilla | 242.6% | 2008 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 165.7% | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 3 | Bermuda | 164.4% | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 122.2% | 2021 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 5 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Andorra | 59.3% | 2023 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 7 | San Marino | 57.9% | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 8 | Cyprus | 42.9% | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 9 | Monaco | 40.0% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 10 | British Virgin Islands | 39.8% | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Cayman Islands | 37.9% | 2008 | up 1,232.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.5% | 2004 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 13 | Seychelles | 25.5% | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 24.3% | 2018 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Djibouti | 21.9% | 2011 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Comoros | 21.2% | 2014 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 19.5% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 13.5% | 2022 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Gambia | 13.5% | 2012 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.3% | 2015 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 21 | Kuwait | 12.9% | 2021 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 10.9% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 23 | Congo | 10.6% | 2023 | up 26.4% | falling |
| 24 | Hong Kong, China | 10.5% | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 25 | Albania | 10.2% | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 26 | Aruba | 9.3% | 2016 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 27 | Mauritius | 9.2% | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 28 | Qatar | 8.1% | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 29 | Lebanon | 7.9% | 2023 | up 131.2% | flat |
| 30 | Tunisia | 7.8% | 2023 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.3% | 2023 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 7.2% | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 33 | Malawi | 6.8% | 2011 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 34 | Barbados | 6.8% | 2011 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 6.0% | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 36 | Cameroon | 5.9% | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 37 | Ireland | 5.9% | 2022 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 38 | Austria | 5.8% | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.8% | 2023 | up 63.0% | falling |
| 40 | Estonia | 5.7% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 5.5% | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 5.5% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 43 | Switzerland | 5.5% | 2023 | up 38.8% | flat |
| 44 | Nepal | 5.2% | 2023 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 45 | Guyana | 5.2% | 2012 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 5.0% | 2012 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 47 | Bhutan | 5.0% | 2023 | up 112.1% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritania | 4.8% | 2020 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 49 | Oman | 4.7% | 2023 | up 87.1% | falling |
| 50 | Jamaica | 4.7% | 2015 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 51 | Latvia | 4.6% | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 52 | Malta | 4.6% | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 53 | Slovakia | 4.2% | 2023 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 54 | Singapore | 4.2% | 2012 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 4.2% | 2023 | up 79.1% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 4.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Benin | 4.2% | 2022 | up 92.4% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 4.1% | 2016 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 4.1% | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 60 | Morocco | 4.1% | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 61 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 3.9% | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 63 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.9% | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 64 | Eswatini | 3.9% | 2013 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 65 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2023 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 3.6% | 2015 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 67 | Montenegro | 3.6% | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 68 | France | 3.6% | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 69 | Samoa | 3.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Republic of Moldova | 3.5% | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 3.5% | 2020 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Italy | 3.4% | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 73 | Norway | 3.4% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 74 | Portugal | 3.3% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 75 | Germany | 3.3% | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 76 | Greece | 3.3% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Guinea | 3.3% | 2014 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Croatia | 3.3% | 2023 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 3.1% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | Slovenia | 3.1% | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 3.0% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 2.8% | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 83 | Rwanda | 2.7% | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Grenada | 2.7% | 2018 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 2.7% | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Macau, China | 2.7% | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 87 | Burundi | 2.6% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | 2.5% | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 89 | Armenia | 2.5% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 90 | Ghana | 2.4% | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Chad | 2.4% | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 92 | Canada | 2.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 93 | Pakistan | 2.4% | 2023 | up 120.4% | falling |
| 94 | Jordan | 2.3% | 2023 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 95 | Korea | 2.3% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 2.3% | 2015 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 97 | Serbia | 2.3% | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 98 | Sweden | 2.1% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 99 | Angola | 2.0% | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 2.0% | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 2.0% | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 2.0% | 2022 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 2.0% | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 104 | Nigeria | 2.0% | 2011 | up 117.5% | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 1.9% | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 106 | Malaysia | 1.9% | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 107 | Maldives | 1.9% | 2019 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 1.9% | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Finland | 1.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 110 | Spain | 1.8% | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 111 | Niger | 1.8% | 2019 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Israel | 1.7% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 1.7% | 2022 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 114 | Netherlands | 1.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 1.6% | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 116 | Ukraine | 1.6% | 2023 | up 128.7% | rising |
| 117 | Kenya | 1.6% | 2019 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Denmark | 1.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 1.6% | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Poland | 1.5% | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 121 | Uganda | 1.5% | 2014 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 122 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.5% | 2022 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 123 | El Salvador | 1.5% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 124 | Palestine, State of | 1.4% | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 125 | India | 1.4% | 2023 | up 181.4% | rising |
| 126 | Ecuador | 1.3% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 127 | Honduras | 1.3% | 2019 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 128 | New Zealand | 1.2% | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 1.2% | 2023 | up 183.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2023 | up 77.9% | falling |
| 132 | Colombia | 1.2% | 2022 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 133 | Namibia | 1.0% | 2022 | up 65.6% | falling |
| 134 | Belarus | 1.0% | 2023 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 135 | China | 1.0% | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 136 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.9% | 2016 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 137 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 0.9% | 2020 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 139 | Chile | 0.9% | 2023 | up 51.6% | falling |
| 140 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9% | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Cambodia | 0.8% | 2023 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8% | 2020 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2023 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 145 | Cuba | 0.8% | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 147 | South Africa | 0.7% | 2023 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 148 | Thailand | 0.7% | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 149 | Mexico | 0.6% | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 150 | Egypt | 0.6% | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 0.6% | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 152 | Mozambique | 0.6% | 2018 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Japan | 0.6% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 154 | Peru | 0.6% | 2017 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0.6% | 2014 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0.5% | 2018 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Guatemala | 0.5% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 158 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2023 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 159 | Australia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 160 | Russian Federation | 0.5% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 161 | Türkiye | 0.5% | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 0.5% | 2021 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 163 | Libya | 0.5% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.5% | 2011 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2020 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2010 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 167 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.4% | 2009 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 168 | Philippines | 0.4% | 2023 | up 136.5% | rising |
| 169 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4% | 2023 | up 121.9% | volatile |
| 170 | United States of America | 0.3% | 2023 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.3% | 2005 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 172 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2018 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 173 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 174 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 175 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2023 | up 274.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2017 | down 39.2% | flat |
| 177 | Sudan | 0.2% | 2015 | — | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 21.4%
- WB: Other Small States 11.1%
- WB: Small States 10.5%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 9.7%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 7.3%
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 7.0%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 6.2%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 5.2%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 4.7%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 4.6%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 4.4%
- UNESCO: Sids 4.4%
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 3.9%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 3.9%
- WB: Ida Blend 3.5%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 3.4%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 3.4%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 3.4%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 3.4%
- WB: Euro Area 3.4%
- GPE: Region 2 3.3%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 3.2%
- WB: European Union 3.2%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 3.2%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 3.1%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 3.1%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 3.1%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 3.0%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 3.0%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 3.0%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 3.0%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 3.0%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 2.9%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 2.9%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 2.8%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 2.8%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 2.8%
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 2.7%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 2.6%
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 2.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release