Total emigration rates and emigration rates of high-educated to OECD countries, 2000 and 2005/06

Total
2005/06

Country of origin

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

2000
Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

ABW

Aruba

7.8

50.4

8.9

..

5.7

47.0

7.5

..

AFG

Afghanistan

259.7

23.5

1.9

6.1

135.2

21.4

1.2

3.6

AGO

Angola

185.3

21.7

2.1

..

196.2

19.7

2.6

..

ALB

Albania

838.5

10.0

26.5

35.1

521.3

9.0

19.8

26.4

AND

Andorra

6.6

22.2

9.2

..

3.4

25.9

5.9

..

ANT

Netherlands Antilles

85.7

23.9

37.2

..

..

..

..

ARE

United Arab Emirates

22.3

39.5

0.7

1.4

14.4

25.3

0.6

1.0

ARG

Argentina

638.9

37.5

2.2

7.7

389.1

32.7

1.3

5.0

ATG

Antigua and Barbuda

21.8

35.2

28.1

..

24.3

27.2

33.2

..

AUS

Australia

324.5

49.4

1.9

2.9

292.7

44.7

1.9

2.6

AUT

Austria

429.6

32.7

5.8

12.3

374.4

28.8

5.2

11.5

BDI

Burundi

16.7

43.1

0.4

19.2

10.7

42.4

0.3

20.9

BEL

Belgium

396.3

38.5

4.4

6.6

347.8

31.9

4.0

5.4

BEN

Benin

22.0

45.5

0.5

7.8

14.3

42.8

0.4

7.6

BFA

Burkina Faso

15.3

27.0

0.2

4.1

8.3

29.1

0.1

3.2

BGD

Bangladesh

398.5

37.8

0.4

3.7

285.5

28.4

0.3

2.4

BGR

Bulgaria

346.3

38.6

4.9

11.1

170.7

31.9

2.5

4.7

BHR

Bahrain

5.9

58.0

1.1

5.4

7.2

41.6

1.5

6.4

BHS

Bahamas

33.0

38.4

12.3

23.4

30.1

29.5

12.3

19.5

BLZ

Belize

49.7

27.0

22.4

49.5

42.6

20.4

22.5

45.4

BMU

Bermuda

18.7

42.5

26.4

..

19.2

35.5

27.1

..

BOL

Bolivia

193.2

24.3

3.3

5.1

87.7

28.0

1.5

3.4

BRA

Brazil

867.2

28.2

0.6

2.7

554.8

27.2

0.4

1.8

BRB

Barbados

86.7

36.8

26.8

82.7

88.4

27.3

28.0

90.4

BRN

Brunei Darussalam

9.8

51.2

3.6

17.2

8.9

38.5

3.7

15.9

BTN

Bhutan

1.3

36.1

0.3

..

0.7

25.4

0.2

..

BWA

Botsw ana

5.9

42.0

0.5

5.6

4.1

38.8

0.4

4.0

CAF

Central African Republic

CAN

Canada

CHE

..

17.7

31.4

0.7

12.5

9.8

32.9

0.4

8.6

1,122.0

47.1

4.1

6.9

1,068.7

40.1

4.1

6.2

Sw itzerland

477.8

29.2

7.2

11.8

424.0

24.5

6.6

9.3

CHL

Chile

273.8

36.2

2.2

3.3

209.7

31.0

1.8

2.7

CHN

China

2,724.5

44.7

0.3

1.7

2,066.1

41.3

0.2

1.8

CIV

Cte d'Ivoire

107.0

29.6

1.0

15.8

62.8

26.7

0.6

9.0

CMR

Cameroon

111.0

42.7

1.1

17.4

58.6

43.1

0.6

15.1

COD

Congo, Dem. Rep. of

105.2

29.3

0.3

9.9

101.2

38.0

0.4

10.6

COG

Congo

152.6

39.2

6.8

61.5

68.8

36.4

3.6

36.7

COK

Cook Islands

17.9

7.3

56.1

..

17.8

8.2

58.0

..

COL

Colombia

1,036.3

30.4

3.2

11.5

696.5

25.1

2.4

6.0

COM

Comoros

27.9

12.3

5.7

20.1

17.6

10.7

4.2

15.1

CPV

Cape Verde

120.4

7.8

28.2

0.0

87.9

6.0

25.4

0.0

CRI

Costa Rica

96.6

27.8

3.0

5.6

76.4

24.7

2.8

4.4

CSFR

Former Czechoslovakia

96.6

27.8

3.0

5.6

76.4

24.7

2.8

4.4

CUB

Cuba

1,076.0

28.9

10.6

26.1

927.5

24.0

9.5

27.5

CYM

Cayman Islands

CYP

Cyprus

DEU

Germany

DJI

Djibouti

DMA

3.0

39.2

7.1

..

2.3

18.2

7.6

..

123.2

36.6

15.5

22.9

135.0

24.4

18.2

18.2

3,038.8

33.8

4.1

7.3

2,910.1

28.7

4.0

6.3

6.3

34.2

1.3

..

5.4

30.2

1.2

..

Dominica

43.7

25.1

46.7

..

25.7

22.6

33.7

..

DNK

Denmark

183.5

41.6

4.0

8.0

158.1

36.5

3.5

7.2

DOM

Dominican Republic

841.0

16.4

11.8

12.6

695.5

12.4

10.8

10.3

DZA

Algeria

1,461.4

19.3

5.9

12.9

1,324.4

16.5

6.2

14.7

ECU

Ecuador

1,066.8

15.0

10.8

10.7

512.1

15.3

5.9

6.3

EGY

Egypt

358.8

51.3

0.7

3.5

327.2

47.4

0.8

4.9

ERI

Eritrea

53.2

26.3

2.0

11.7

48.0

21.6

2.3

11.9

ESH

Western Sahara

53.2

26.3

2.0

..

48.0

21.6

2.3

..

Source: DIOC 2000, DIOC 2005/06, Barro and Lee (2010)

Total emigration rates and emigration rates of high-educated to OECD countries, 2000 and 2005/06 (cont.)
Total
2005/06

Country of origin

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

2000
Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

ESP

Spain

772.3

24.9

2.0

2.2

768.3

18.4

2.2

2.0

ETH

Ethiopia

247.5

27.1

0.6

14.0

165.8

23.5

0.4

10.2

FIN

Finland

270.7

28.9

5.9

5.9

256.2

24.4

5.7

10.9

FJI

Fiji

141.2

28.5

20.3

38.8

119.0

22.8

18.4

32.9

FLK

Falkland Islands

1.1

57.2

31.3

..

1.4

22.2

36.0

..

FRA

France

1,297.9

39.4

2.5

5.0

1,145.0

34.3

2.2

4.1

FSM

Micronesia

14.2

16.1

17.3

..

6.5

13.3

9.3

..

FYUG

Former Yugoslavia

14.2

16.1

17.3

0.0

6.5

13.3

9.3

0.0

GAB

Gabon

GBR

United Kingdom

GHA

Ghana

GIB

Gibraltar

GIN

17.6

43.8

2.1

8.0

10.9

36.4

1.5

5.0

3,448.8

40.2

6.5

11.6

3,241.5

34.7

6.3

11.6

249.0

36.4

1.8

29.7

165.8

32.6

1.4

32.8

12.7

36.1

35.1

..

11.9

25.7

35.0

..

Guinea

42.0

22.5

0.8

5.4

21.3

23.0

0.5

3.1

GMB

Gambia

43.6

13.2

4.4

26.4

20.9

17.3

2.5

19.6

GNB

Guinea-Bissau

65.3

18.7

7.2

..

30.0

12.8

3.9

..

GNQ

Equatorial Guinea

24.8

25.1

8.2

..

12.1

22.5

4.7

..

GRC

Greece

671.4

18.3

6.6

5.5

630.6

16.4

6.3

7.3

GRD

Grenada

GTM

Guatemala

GUM

Guam

GUY

GuyanaBL

HKG

Hong Kong, China

HND

Honduras

HTI

47.3

30.1

40.6

..

46.4

24.0

41.5

..

727.2

10.2

9.1

29.1

485.6

8.4

7.2

19.7

72.5

29.7

37.8

..

56.3

26.7

34.3

..

350.1

30.5

40.7

79.4

303.6

25.3

37.4

77.6

577.0

53.8

8.8

25.8

388.4

39.0

6.6

16.5

435.2

12.4

9.6

18.0

275.9

10.6

7.2

14.3

HaitiBL

593.9

24.8

9.3

75.4

462.9

20.0

8.3

70.2

HUN

Hungary

364.6

33.1

4.1

9.5

331.4

29.6

3.8

9.3

IDN

Indonesia

336.0

41.9

0.2

3.7

339.6

35.3

0.2

3.6

IND

India

2,775.2

63.3

0.4

4.2

1,970.6

52.8

0.3

3.2

IRL

Ireland

634.7

41.7

16.2

18.1

788.0

26.2

20.9

19.9

IRN

Iran

832.9

46.8

1.7

6.9

657.8

44.7

1.5

8.4

IRQ

Iraq

526.1

25.6

3.1

8.3

401.9

25.7

2.7

7.9

ISL

Iceland

28.1

44.0

10.9

16.3

22.7

38.2

9.5

16.0

ISR

Israel

4.6

ITA

Italy

JAM

Jamaica

JOR
JPN

207.1

49.3

4.1

5.9

160.3

43.8

3.5

2,361.0

15.6

4.5

7.2

2,360.4

12.1

4.5

6.1

894.8

30.6

32.8

50.6

789.7

24.9

31.3

47.0

Jordan

81.8

43.3

2.3

5.8

63.3

41.3

2.2

6.2

Japan

606.0

54.5

0.5

0.9

564.3

49.7

0.5

0.9

KEN

Kenya

230.8

46.6

1.1

15.7

198.7

38.7

1.1

15.3

KHM

Cambodia

254.5

19.7

2.8

43.7

239.1

15.5

3.1

43.6

KIR

Kiribati

1.5

46.0

2.6

..

1.7

21.9

3.4

..

1,652.5

45.1

0.6

0.9

1,446.1

37.9

2.6

3.7

KOREA-NS North and South Korea

Kuw ait

46.7

45.8

2.2

12.6

37.0

45.2

2.2

9.9

LAO

Laos

256.1

19.7

7.0

24.7

264.1

14.3

8.2

25.9

LBN

Lebanon

383.9

39.3

11.8

..

339.6

31.8

11.5

..

LBR

Liberia

69.9

30.6

3.7

11.4

41.1

33.8

2.5

15.1

LBY

Libya

83.2

22.9

2.0

2.7

79.2

21.6

2.1

4.4

LCA

Saint Lucia

25.1

25.5

17.8

..

24.5

21.3

18.8

..

LIE

Liechtenstein

4.4

25.9

13.3

..

3.5

20.8

11.6

..

LKA

Sri Lanka

433.2

34.2

2.9

34.1

317.0

28.2

2.3

27.7

LSO

Lesotho

LUX

Luxembourg

MAC

Macao

MAR

Morocco

MCO

1.8

30.6

0.1

3.6

0.9

47.9

0.1

4.2

38.6

31.2

9.4

17.6

31.4

24.8

8.1

12.3

18.6

44.8

4.5

15.4

18.5

36.3

5.1

16.7

2,262.6

15.3

9.6

16.4

1,674.8

14.2

8.1

14.3

Monaco

15.1

26.6

35.8

..

12.3

23.1

30.6

..

MDG

Madagascar

92.7

33.9

0.9

10.6

76.6

31.9

0.8

9.6

MDV

Maldives

6.9

MEX

Mexico

MLI

Mali

1.0

70.9

0.5

24.4

0.4

31.1

0.3

10,783.8

7.4

13.0

7.2

8,330.8

5.7

11.1

6.1

63.8

14.6

1.0

10.6

45.3

12.6

0.9

11.3

Source: DIOC 2000, DIOC 2005/06, Barro and Lee (2010)

Total emigration rates and emigration rates of high-educated to OECD countries, 2000 and 2005/06 (cont.)
Total
2005/06

Country of origin

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

2000
Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

MLT

Malta

84.7

20.4

20.3

31.5

98.1

14.8

24.0

31.4

MMR

Myanmar

78.4

44.3

0.2

1.3

61.4

44.5

0.2

1.5

MNG

Mongolia

13.5

46.9

0.7

2.5

3.7

51.7

0.2

1.2

MOZ

Mozambique

72.7

30.1

0.6

31.2

85.7

26.5

0.8

38.9

MRT

Mauritania

MUS

Mauritius

MWI

Malaw i

MYS

Malaysia

NAM

18.7

23.4

1.0

11.8

15.2

17.3

1.0

8.6

109.3

29.7

10.4

49.8

91.5

25.7

9.4

53.1

22.6

51.6

0.3

38.5

14.9

36.4

0.2

19.7

245.9

58.4

1.4

5.6

214.3

50.2

1.4

6.2

Namibia

6.7

56.6

0.5

8.5

3.1

47.7

0.3

4.0

NER

Niger

9.5

40.8

0.1

5.8

4.8

38.1

0.1

3.7

NGA

Nigeria

380.5

60.5

0.5

3.6

261.1

54.8

0.4

2.7

NIC

Nicaragua

254.7

24.4

7.0

11.0

221.2

18.1

6.8

9.1

NIU

Niue

5.3

10.5

79.7

..

5.4

11.0

79.8

..

NLD

Netherlands

682.3

38.7

4.9

7.8

569.2

34.0

4.2

6.1

NOR

Norw ay

125.8

40.1

3.3

4.3

120.7

34.9

3.2

4.6

NPL

Nepal

62.1

46.9

0.4

6.2

23.9

41.9

0.2

2.2

NZL

New Zealand

448.3

32.2

12.2

8.2

413.5

28.8

12.2

8.0

OMN

Oman

4.2

38.2

0.3

..

2.6

39.1

0.2

..

PAK

Pakistan

843.1

39.3

0.8

5.7

668.7

31.8

0.8

3.3

PAN

Panama

150.8

37.7

6.3

11.2

140.4

32.9

6.5

10.9

PER

Peru

679.3

32.5

3.5

5.5

451.9

27.9

2.4

3.4

PHL

Philippines

2,502.3

51.9

4.4

8.0

1,938.0

46.6

3.9

6.8

PNG

Papua New Guinea

27.5

39.5

0.8

21.7

25.9

33.5

0.8

18.3

POL

Poland

2,849.3

26.8

8.2

15.8

2,175.8

21.8

6.6

12.2

PRI

Puerto Rico

1,330.7

19.1

30.2

..

1,300.1

14.9

30.8

..

PRT

Portugal

1,382.1

8.6

13.5

11.6

1,260.8

6.4

12.8

8.0

PRY

Paraguay

44.7

23.4

1.2

8.3

21.1

23.7

0.6

2.2

PSE

Occup. Palestinian Terr.

18.9

44.1

0.9

..

14.8

40.9

0.9

..

QAT

Qatar

4.5

51.3

0.7

2.0

3.3

45.3

0.7

2.0

ROU

Romania

1,694.5

23.6

8.5

19.9

965.5

25.5

5.1

14.7

RWA

Rw anda

25.1

38.6

0.5

14.8

14.9

38.0

0.3

16.2

SAU

Saudi Arabia

55.8

46.9

0.4

1.4

32.4

38.1

0.3

0.7

SDN

Sudan

84.8

36.6

0.4

5.5

42.1

41.3

0.2

5.3

SEN

Senegal

194.9

20.0

2.8

16.9

133.2

19.2

2.2

16.9

SGP

Singapore

119.3

52.7

3.3

9.1

106.6

45.5

3.3

9.9

SHN

Saint Helena

1.9

7.9

..

..

2.8

10.6

..

..

SLB

Solomon Islands

1.8

38.0

0.6

..

1.8

40.1

0.8

..

SLE

Sierra Leone

55.3

32.4

1.7

32.3

40.2

35.6

1.5

36.2

SLV

El Salvador

1,107.4

10.6

20.1

22.6

835.8

7.7

17.3

15.5

SMR

San Marino

2.7

11.3

9.5

..

2.8

12.5

11.2

..

SOM

Somalia

211.2

15.3

4.4

..

125.0

14.4

3.1

..

STP

So Tom and Prncipe

21.8

11.6

19.6

..

11.6

10.7

12.5

..

SUR

Suriname

196.0

18.6

38.2

..

7.1

31.6

2.3

..

SWE

Sw eden

224.9

48.3

2.9

5.4

198.2

40.0

2.7

4.3

SWZ

Sw aziland

2.4

39.6

0.4

4.3

1.8

44.8

0.3

3.9

SYC

Seychelles

9.6

32.3

13.3

..

8.1

19.0

11.7

..

SYR

Syria

147.9

36.5

1.2

13.0

132.3

33.6

1.3

10.8

TCA

Turks and Caicos Islands

1.8

18.6

7.6

..

1.4

16.8

8.8

..

TCD

Chad

8.4

40.9

0.2

7.4

5.8

43.0

0.1

7.0

TGO

Togo

35.2

33.8

1.0

14.3

18.4

36.6

0.6

10.3

THA

Thailand

346.9

33.4

0.7

2.5

270.8

29.1

0.6

2.8

TKL

Tokelau

1.7

8.3

69.5

..

1.7

13.0

62.6

..

TLS

Timor-Leste

12.3

13.4

2.1

..

11.1

13.3

2.6

..

TON

Tonga

43.1

13.0

41.0

56.1

41.2

10.7

40.3

51.7

TTO

Trinidad and Tobago

312.0

35.6

23.3

74.0

274.3

29.9

22.3

73.3

TUN

Tunisia

513.0

18.1

6.4

12.6

460.7

16.0

6.5

15.8

Source: DIOC 2000, DIOC 2005/06, Barro and Lee (2010)

Total emigration rates and emigration rates of high-educated to OECD countries, 2000 and 2005/06 (cont.)
Total
2005/06

Country of origin
TUR

Turkey

TWN

Chinese Taipei

TZA

United Rep. of Tanzania

UGA
URY

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

2000
Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

Em igrant population
(in
Highthousands) educated
(%)

Em igration rate
Total
High(%)
educated
(%)

2,627.0

8.3

4.8

5.2

2,112.8

7.0

4.3

441.4

69.8

2.3

4.9

429.9

61.6

2.4

6.0

68.5

52.5

0.3

20.9

70.2

42.3

0.4

18.1

Uganda

79.7

50.8

0.5

7.6

82.3

40.9

0.7

7.1

Uruguay

153.1

24.8

5.7

15.8

80.9

28.3

3.1

8.2

USA

United States of America

990.5

51.4

0.4

0.7

874.3

49.2

0.4

0.4

USSR

Former USSR

5,604.0

27.6

2.4

3.7

3,408.0

26.3

1.5

2.2

VCT

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

31.3

30.7

27.1

0.0

34.8

25.1

30.9

0.0

VEN

Venezuela

351.3

44.2

1.9

4.9

237.8

36.8

1.4

3.6

VIR

United States Virgin Islands

52.6

32.0

38.3

0.0

48.0

25.4

37.1

0.0

VNM

Viet Nam

1,757.7

27.7

2.9

15.4

1,515.9

23.3

2.8

18.2

VUT

Vanuatu

2.0

36.8

1.5

0.0

1.7

28.9

1.5

0.0

WSM

Samoa

74.7

10.9

40.7

0.0

71.5

10.3

40.5

0.0

YEM

Yemen

72.1

11.6

0.6

3.0

70.8

13.4

0.7

5.3

ZAF

South Africa

473.9

54.1

1.4

9.9

360.9

47.8

1.2

6.9

ZMB

Zambia

45.1

58.1

0.7

25.4

35.0

49.5

0.6

16.5

ZWE

Zimbabw e

140.1

49.0

1.7

49.4

77.8

42.7

1.0

29.7

Source: DIOC 2000, DIOC 2005/06, Barro and Lee (2010)

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