Migrant stock share by country
Countries reporting
231
Highest
100
Vatican
Lowest
0.0195
Cuba
Median
6.26
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
1,848
What the numbers show
Migrant stock share is currently reported for 231 countries. The highest value is 100 in Vatican; the lowest is 0.0195 in Cuba.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.26, and the mean is 14.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,121.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 1,769.9%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 77.1%).
Migrant stock share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Qatar | 76.66 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 73.97 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 4 | Monaco | 70.17 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 5 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.55 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 69.4 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 68.01 | 2024 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kuwait | 67.35 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Falkland Islands | 67.23 | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 10 | United States Virgin Islands | 66.87 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 11 | British Virgin Islands | 62.12 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 12 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.15 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | Macao | 59.26 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Andorra | 59.08 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 15 | Bahrain | 52.28 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 16 | Isle of Man | 51.92 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 51.16 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 18 | Tokelau | 51.16 | 2024 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 19 | American Samoa | 50.64 | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 20 | Guam | 50.16 | 2024 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 21 | Northern Mariana Islands | 49.69 | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 22 | Singapore | 48.72 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 45.7 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | Mayotte | 43.96 | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 25 | Oman | 43.23 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Curacao | 43.14 | 2024 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 27 | Cayman Islands | 42.89 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | French Guiana | 42.44 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 41.31 | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 30 | Anguilla | 40.54 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 40.29 | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 32 | Malta | 36.97 | 2024 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Cook Islands | 35.96 | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 34 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.5 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | Niue | 32.33 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Montserrat | 31.94 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bermuda | 31.21 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 31.09 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 30.36 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Palau | 29.45 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 41 | Gibraltar | 28.71 | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 42 | New Zealand | 28.16 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 26.22 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 44 | Brunei | 25.92 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 25.51 | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 46 | Iceland | 25.12 | 2024 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Lebanon | 24.5 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 48 | Guadeloupe | 23.89 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 23.14 | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 22.28 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 51 | Canada | 22.16 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 21.42 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 53 | Nauru | 21.33 | 2024 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 54 | Belgium | 20.01 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 55 | Martinique | 19.87 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 19.81 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 18.51 | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Norway | 18.15 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 59 | Wallis and Futuna | 18.02 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 17.91 | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 17.71 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 62 | San Marino | 17.38 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 63 | United Kingdom | 17.13 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.99 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 16.77 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Belize | 16.47 | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 67 | Netherlands | 16.22 | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 68 | Reunion | 15.43 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 15.16 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 14.92 | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 71 | Cyprus | 14.88 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 72 | Slovenia | 14.87 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 73 | Faroe Islands | 14.62 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 74 | Montenegro | 14.45 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 14.23 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 76 | Denmark | 14.18 | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 77 | Greece | 14.17 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 78 | France | 13.8 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 13.62 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | Ukraine | 13.38 | 2024 | up 24.6% | flat |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.15 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Dominica | 12.75 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 83 | Barbados | 12.46 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 12.25 | 2024 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 12.16 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 11.78 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 87 | Belarus | 11.64 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 88 | Italy | 11.04 | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 89 | Portugal | 10.81 | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 90 | Djibouti | 10.78 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 91 | Malaysia | 10.71 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 10.68 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 93 | Panama | 10.58 | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 10.58 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 95 | Greenland | 10.41 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 96 | Seychelles | 10.17 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 10.15 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 98 | Czechia | 9.55 | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Helena | 9.39 | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 9.24 | 2024 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 101 | Finland | 9.16 | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.02 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 8.81 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 8.56 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 8.28 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 106 | Suriname | 8.18 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 107 | Turkey | 8.1 | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Chile | 7.78 | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 109 | South Sudan | 7.65 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.53 | 2024 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 111 | Hungary | 7.13 | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 112 | Bhutan | 7.04 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 113 | Puerto Rico | 6.89 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 6.52 | 2024 | up 471.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 6.46 | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 116 | Grenada | 6.26 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | Chad | 6.25 | 2024 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 6.2 | 2024 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 6.13 | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 120 | Congo | 6.09 | 2024 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 121 | Slovakia | 5.88 | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Colombia | 5.79 | 2024 | up 1,769.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Peru | 5.37 | 2024 | up 971.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Russia | 5.25 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Palestine | 4.96 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 126 | Taiwan | 4.9 | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.79 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 128 | Sudan | 4.75 | 2024 | up 206.5% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 4.73 | 2024 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 130 | Botswana | 4.62 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 131 | Poland | 4.51 | 2024 | up 152.7% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | 4.49 | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 133 | Venezuela | 4.45 | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 134 | Thailand | 4.44 | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 4.43 | 2024 | up 156.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Argentina | 4.28 | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 137 | Iran | 4.19 | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 138 | Ecuador | 4.12 | 2024 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Uganda | 4.11 | 2024 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 140 | South Africa | 4.11 | 2024 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 3.83 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 142 | Mauritania | 3.79 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 143 | Syria | 3.63 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 144 | Rwanda | 3.6 | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 145 | South Korea | 3.5 | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Romania | 3.45 | 2024 | up 222.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Tonga | 3.44 | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 3.18 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 3.15 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 3.14 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 151 | Togo | 2.96 | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 2.89 | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 153 | Burundi | 2.76 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 154 | Japan | 2.76 | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.71 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Eswatini | 2.68 | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 2.61 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 158 | Paraguay | 2.61 | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 2.59 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 2.58 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 161 | Micronesia (country) | 2.56 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 2.55 | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 163 | Kiribati | 2.45 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 2.29 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 165 | Mali | 2.23 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 166 | Cameroon | 2.21 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 167 | Georgia | 2.14 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 2.11 | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Angola | 1.79 | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 1.77 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 171 | Samoa | 1.76 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | 1.76 | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 1.67 | 2024 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 174 | Pakistan | 1.66 | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Niger | 1.66 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 176 | Albania | 1.66 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 177 | Nepal | 1.59 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 178 | Fiji | 1.55 | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 179 | Ghana | 1.55 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 180 | Senegal | 1.52 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 181 | Bolivia | 1.48 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 1.44 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 183 | Mexico | 1.32 | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 184 | Liberia | 1.29 | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Zambia | 1.17 | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.08 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 187 | Mozambique | 1.02 | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 1.01 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 189 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.993 | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Egypt | 0.9781 | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Yemen | 0.9684 | 2024 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 192 | Western Sahara | 0.9531 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 0.8848 | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Malawi | 0.8622 | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Jamaica | 0.8456 | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 196 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.83 | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Iraq | 0.8057 | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 198 | Guinea | 0.7958 | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6843 | 2024 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 200 | El Salvador | 0.6838 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 201 | Tanzania | 0.6744 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Brazil | 0.6634 | 2024 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 203 | Laos | 0.6621 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 204 | Mongolia | 0.6499 | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 205 | Lesotho | 0.6434 | 2024 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 206 | Nicaragua | 0.6327 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 207 | Nigeria | 0.6031 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 208 | East Timor | 0.5928 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 209 | Sierra Leone | 0.5785 | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 210 | Algeria | 0.5542 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 211 | Tunisia | 0.5148 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 212 | Guatemala | 0.5038 | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Cambodia | 0.4758 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 214 | Somalia | 0.4102 | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 215 | Honduras | 0.3686 | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 216 | Eritrea | 0.3539 | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 217 | India | 0.3306 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 218 | Vietnam | 0.3232 | 2024 | up 195.9% | rising |
| 219 | Solomon Islands | 0.3014 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 220 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2947 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 221 | Morocco | 0.2917 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 222 | Afghanistan | 0.23 | 2024 | down 77.1% | flat |
| 223 | North Korea | 0.1903 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 224 | Sri Lanka | 0.1762 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 225 | Haiti | 0.1663 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 226 | Indonesia | 0.1572 | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 227 | Myanmar | 0.145 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 228 | Madagascar | 0.1208 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 229 | China | 0.1155 | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 230 | Philippines | 0.0753 | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 231 | Cuba | 0.0195 | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |