Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
172
Highest
1,900.0%
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Eswatini
Median
0.1%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
13,843
What the numbers show
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 1,900.0% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Eswatini.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 12.0%.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 559.8%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 100.0%).
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands | 1,900.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Comoros | 27.1% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 15.2% | 2023 | up 411.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritania | 14.2% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Palestine | 12.7% | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Eritrea | 8.9% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Kuwait | 8.8% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Oman | 8.2% | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Qatar | 4.9% | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Gambia | 4.7% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Bahrain | 4.5% | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Syria | 3.9% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 3.8% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Maldives | 3.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Jordan | 3.3% | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Niger | 2.8% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Chad | 2.8% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Seychelles | 2.1% | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Brunei | 2.1% | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Congo | 2.0% | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 1.9% | 2023 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 1.6% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea | 1.5% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Senegal | 1.2% | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 1.2% | 2023 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Lebanon | 1.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Mauritius | 1.1% | 2022 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.9% | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 0.9% | 2022 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 0.9% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Sudan | 0.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Bermuda | 0.8% | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Togo | 0.7% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Burundi | 0.7% | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Israel | 0.6% | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Tunisia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Suriname | 0.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | British Virgin Islands | 0.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Uganda | 0.4% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Egypt | 0.4% | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4% | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Lesotho | 0.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3% | 2022 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Liberia | 0.3% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Albania | 0.3% | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Palau | 0.3% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0.3% | 2023 | up 256.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Tanzania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Ghana | 0.2% | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2% | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Monaco | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Iceland | 0.2% | 2023 | up 559.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 0.2% | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Iran | 0.2% | 2022 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Mozambique | 0.1% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Zambia | 0.1% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Samoa | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2023 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Canada | 0.1% | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 91 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 92 | United Kingdom | 0.1% | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Andorra | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Norway | 0.1% | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 97 | France | 0.1% | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Macao | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 0.0% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 94.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Angola | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 108 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Austria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 113 | India | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Russia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 199.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Australia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Finland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Portugal | 0.0% | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 132 | United States | 0.0% | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2022 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Germany | 0.0% | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Italy | 0.0% | 2023 | up 83.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Spain | 0.0% | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Belarus | 0.0% | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Laos | 0.0% | 2023 | up 228.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Ukraine | 0.0% | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | North Korea | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Greece | 0.0% | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Poland | 0.0% | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Vietnam | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 151 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Panama | 0.0% | 2022 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | up 326.1% | volatile |
| 154 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Czechia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Japan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 163 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Peru | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Chile | 0.0% | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Curacao | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2021 | — | 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) 4.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries In-conflict (unsdcode:98506) 3.2%
- WB: Other Small States 2.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 2.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 2.8%
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 2.5%
- WB: Small States 2.3%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 2.0%
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1.7%
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1.3%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 1.3%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 1.3%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 1.2%
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1.2%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 1.2%
- WB: Arab World 1.2%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1.2%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 1.2%
- UIS: Arab States 1.1%
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 1.1%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 1.0%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 1.0%
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.9%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.9%
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 0.9%
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 0.9%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 0.9%
- WB: Africa Western and Central 0.9%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 0.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 0.9%
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 0.9%
- MDG: Western Asia 0.8%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 0.8%
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 0.8%
- SDG: Western Asia 0.8%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan 0.8%
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 0.8%
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 0.8%
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 0.8%
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 0.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release