Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
139
Highest
135.7%
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.0%
San Marino
Median
0.0%
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
4,618
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 135.7% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 1.5%.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (up 779.9%), and the largest decrease in Curaçao (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 135.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritania | 12.7% | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 3 | Palestine, State of | 9.3% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 4 | Oman | 7.3% | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 5 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.7% | 2023 | up 779.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Kuwait | 5.7% | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 7 | British Virgin Islands | 3.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Bahrain | 3.3% | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.2% | 2016 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 10 | Jordan | 2.7% | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 2.6% | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 12 | Qatar | 2.3% | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 2.0% | 2023 | up 318.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.8% | 2023 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 15 | Seychelles | 1.0% | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 0.9% | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 17 | Lebanon | 0.9% | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 18 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7% | 2023 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 20 | Benin | 0.7% | 2022 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 0.6% | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2018 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 0.5% | 2020 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 24 | Malaysia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 25 | Burundi | 0.4% | 2023 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 26 | Israel | 0.4% | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 29 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 30 | Bermuda | 0.3% | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 33 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2017 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 34 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2018 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 35 | Rwanda | 0.2% | 2023 | up 282.2% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 39 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 40 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2% | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 44 | Albania | 0.1% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 46 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.1% | 2022 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 0.1% | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 48 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 50 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2018 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2023 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 52 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 54 | Monaco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Canada | 0.1% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2020 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 57 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2023 | up 354.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2023 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 63 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 64 | Macau, China | 0.1% | 2023 | up 385.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2023 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 66 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 68 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 69 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 71 | France | 0.0% | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 72 | Sweden | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 73 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 74 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 75 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 76 | India | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 77 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 79 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 200.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 85 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 86 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 89 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | up 690.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 91 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 93 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 94 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 95 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | up 148.1% | rising |
| 96 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 97 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | up 405.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 100 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | up 113.0% | rising |
| 101 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 102 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 103 | United States of America | 0.0% | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 104 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 105 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 99.1% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2022 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 108 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 109 | Spain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 110 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 111 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 113 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 262.9% | rising |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 0.0% | 2022 | up 288.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 118 | Republic of Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 119 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 120 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Viet Nam | 0.0% | 2022 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 122 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 124 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 125 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2023 | up 163.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | up 351.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2019 | up 494.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 131 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2019 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 134 | Chile | 0.0% | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 134 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2023 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | San Marino | 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: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 3.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 2.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 2.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 2.6%
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 2.4%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 2.0%
- WB: Other Small States 1.8%
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.5%
- WB: Small States 1.4%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 1.2%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 1.2%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.2%
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.1%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.1%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.1%
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.1%
- WB: Arab World 1.1%
- UIS: Arab States 1.1%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.0%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.0%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.0%
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 1.0%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 0.9%
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 0.9%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 0.9%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 0.8%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 0.8%
- MDG: Western Asia 0.8%
- SDG: Western Asia 0.8%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 0.8%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 0.8%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 0.7%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 0.7%
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 0.7%
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.7%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 0.7%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 0.7%
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 0.7%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 0.7%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release