Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, female (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
131
Highest
11.7%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Samoa
Median
0.0%
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
4,417
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, female (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 11.7% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.3%.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 420.4%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, female (UIS estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 11.7% | 2018 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 2 | Seychelles | 6.8% | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2020 | up 256.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 2.5% | 2022 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 5 | Benin | 2.5% | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 6 | Togo | 2.1% | 2020 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 7 | Niger | 1.8% | 2019 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Botswana | 1.7% | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 9 | Burundi | 1.7% | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 10 | Rwanda | 1.6% | 2023 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 1.2% | 2023 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8% | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2018 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 0.5% | 2022 | down 76.2% | falling |
| 16 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.4% | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 17 | Monaco | 0.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 0.3% | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 19 | British Virgin Islands | 0.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Mozambique | 0.2% | 2018 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 21 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2023 | down 73.1% | falling |
| 22 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 23 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2019 | up 182.7% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 27 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 30 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 32 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 33 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 34 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 36 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 42 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 43 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 175.7% | rising |
| 47 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 50 | Canada | 0.0% | 2023 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 52 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 53 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 54 | Israel | 0.0% | 2023 | up 60.9% | flat |
| 55 | India | 0.0% | 2023 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 56 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2023 | up 354.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | United States of America | 0.0% | 2023 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 420.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 66 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 67 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 68 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2023 | up 188.5% | rising |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Bangladesh | 0.0% | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2023 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 77 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 78 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 79 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 80 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Puerto Rico | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2022 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 83 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 84 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 84.3% | flat |
| 86 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Cambodia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 89 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2022 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 90 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Philippines | 0.0% | 2023 | up 87.9% | rising |
| 91 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 93 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 95 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 96 | Nepal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 0.0% | 2023 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2023 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 101 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2022 | down 81.6% | falling |
| 104 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Belize | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Panama | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 4.9%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 4.4%
- WB: Other Small States 2.9%
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 2.5%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 2.5%
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 2.4%
- WB: Small States 2.2%
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 1.6%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 1.5%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.4%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 1.2%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 1.1%
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1.1%
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 1.1%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1.0%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1.0%
- GPE: Region 2 1.0%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 1.0%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.0%
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 1.0%
- ECA: Eca: Oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98122) 1.0%
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 0.9%
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 0.9%
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 0.9%
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 0.9%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 0.9%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 0.9%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 0.9%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.8%
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 0.8%
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 0.8%
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 0.8%
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 0.8%
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.8%
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 0.7%
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 0.7%
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 0.7%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 0.7%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 0.7%
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 0.7%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release