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Female migrants (% of international migrant stock) by country

Percentage of female migrants out of total international migrant stock. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
69.9%
Nepal
Lowest
12.3%
Maldives
Median
49.3%
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Female migrants (% of international migrant stock) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 69.9% in Nepal; the lowest is 12.3% in Maldives.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.3%, and the mean is 47.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 27.4%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 49.4%).

Female migrants: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 69.9% 2020 up 4.0% flat
2 Hong Kong, China 62.6% 2020 up 6.6% rising
3 Kyrgyzstan 59.6% 2020 up 0.6% flat
4 Latvia 59.5% 2020 down 1.3% rising
5 Republic of Moldova 59.1% 2020 down 1.0% flat
6 Armenia 59.0% 2020 down 0.8% flat
7 North Macedonia 58.3% 2020 down 0.0% flat
8 Northern Mariana Islands 58.0% 2020 up 0.4% rising
9 Ukraine 57.0% 2020 down 0.0% flat
10 Tajikistan 56.8% 2020 up 0.6% flat
11 Cuba 56.6% 2020 up 0.8% rising
12 Estonia 56.5% 2020 down 5.5% flat
13 Georgia 56.1% 2020 down 0.3% flat
14 Serbia 56.0% 2020 up 0.2% flat
15 Singapore 55.9% 2020 up 0.2% rising
16 Antigua and Barbuda 55.4% 2020 down 0.0% flat
17 Barbados 55.1% 2020 down 0.0% falling
18 Cyprus 55.0% 2020 down 2.2% flat
19 Aruba 54.6% 2020 down 1.4% flat
20 Israel 54.6% 2020 up 0.5% flat
21 Chad 54.4% 2020 down 1.4% rising
22 Grenada 54.4% 2020 up 7.9% flat
23 Palestine, State of 54.3% 2020 down 0.4% flat
24 Belarus 54.2% 2020 up 0.0% flat
25 Macau, China 53.6% 2020 down 0.8% flat
26 Italy 53.6% 2020 down 0.8% flat
27 Puerto Rico 53.5% 2020 up 0.7% flat
28 Croatia 53.5% 2020 up 0.6% flat
29 Guyana 53.5% 2020 up 19.8% rising
30 Niger 53.5% 2020 up 1.8% flat
31 Argentina 53.4% 2020 down 1.0% flat
32 India 53.4% 2020 up 3.5% rising
33 Uzbekistan 53.2% 2020 down 1.8% falling
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.2% 2020 up 1.7% flat
35 Uruguay 53.0% 2020 down 3.3% flat
36 Benin 52.9% 2020 down 1.2% rising
37 United States Virgin Islands 52.9% 2020 up 0.0% flat
38 Guatemala 52.7% 2020 down 1.4% falling
39 Turkmenistan 52.6% 2020 down 3.0% flat
40 Burkina Faso 52.4% 2020 up 0.0% flat
41 Canada 52.4% 2020 up 0.6% flat
42 El Salvador 52.4% 2020 down 0.2% flat
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 52.3% 2020 up 1.6% flat
44 Poland 52.2% 2020 down 11.7% falling
45 Channel Islands 52.2% 2020 down 0.2% flat
46 Spain 52.2% 2020 up 7.7% flat
47 Portugal 52.1% 2020 up 1.6% flat
48 Greece 52.1% 2020 up 1.1% rising
49 Azerbaijan 52.0% 2020 down 2.3% falling
50 Afghanistan 52.0% 2020 up 19.3% rising
51 Saint Lucia 52.0% 2020 up 0.7% flat
52 Netherlands 51.9% 2020 down 0.0% flat
53 Uganda 51.9% 2020 up 1.9% rising
54 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 51.8% 2020 up 0.2% flat
55 British Virgin Islands 51.8% 2020 up 0.8% rising
56 United States of America 51.7% 2020 up 1.5% flat
57 New Zealand 51.6% 2020 up 0.2% flat
58 Comoros 51.6% 2020 down 0.7% flat
59 France 51.5% 2020 up 0.3% flat
60 Monaco 51.5% 2020 up 0.7% flat
61 Japan 51.4% 2020 down 5.6% flat
62 Isle of Man 51.2% 2020 up 0.8% flat
63 Liechtenstein 51.2% 2020 down 0.2% rising
64 Austria 51.2% 2020 down 2.3% flat
65 Mozambique 51.2% 2020 down 1.0% rising
66 Malawi 51.1% 2020 down 2.3% flat
67 Lebanon 51.0% 2020 up 6.4% flat
68 Switzerland 50.9% 2020 down 1.2% rising
69 Belgium 50.9% 2020 down 1.4% flat
70 Russian Federation 50.9% 2020 up 0.3% flat
71 Bermuda 50.7% 2020 down 1.1% flat
72 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 50.7% 2020 up 1.8% flat
73 Burundi 50.7% 2020 down 0.2% flat
74 Denmark 50.6% 2020 down 2.1% flat
75 Guinea-Bissau 50.6% 2020 down 1.0% flat
76 Cameroon 50.6% 2020 up 13.4% rising
77 Ethiopia 50.5% 2020 up 6.2% rising
78 Kazakhstan 50.4% 2020 down 1.6% falling
79 Australia 50.4% 2020 up 0.1% flat
80 Bulgaria 50.3% 2020 down 9.6% falling
81 Sudan 50.3% 2020 up 2.4% flat
82 Trinidad and Tobago 50.3% 2020 down 3.2% falling
83 Vanuatu 50.3% 2020 up 0.0% rising
84 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 50.2% 2020 down 0.6% flat
85 Syrian Arab Republic 50.2% 2020 up 2.7% flat
86 Sao Tome and Principe 50.1% 2020 up 0.4% rising
87 Ireland 50.1% 2020 down 1.1% flat
88 Tanzania, United Republic of 50.0% 2020 down 0.2% flat
89 Colombia 49.9% 2020 up 5.1% flat
90 Germany 49.9% 2020 down 1.3% rising
91 Thailand 49.8% 2020 up 0.5% rising
92 Mexico 49.8% 2020 up 0.8% flat
93 Sweden 49.7% 2020 down 3.6% flat
94 Belize 49.7% 2020 up 0.6% rising
95 Lithuania 49.6% 2020 down 12.5% flat
96 Chile 49.5% 2020 down 5.7% flat
97 Kenya 49.5% 2020 down 1.8% rising
98 Angola 49.5% 2020 down 4.3% rising
99 Samoa 49.5% 2020 up 0.3% flat
100 Gibraltar 49.5% 2020 down 1.3% flat
101 Rwanda 49.4% 2020 down 0.9% flat
102 Cape Verde 49.4% 2020 up 0.3% flat
103 Bahamas 49.4% 2020 up 0.7% flat
104 Costa Rica 49.4% 2020 down 4.5% flat
105 Togo 49.3% 2020 down 0.0% flat
106 Mali 49.3% 2020 up 0.1% flat
107 Jordan 49.2% 2020 up 0.1% flat
108 Jamaica 49.2% 2020 down 0.1% flat
109 Luxembourg 49.1% 2020 down 1.9% flat
110 Slovakia 49.0% 2020 down 9.7% falling
111 American Samoa 49.0% 2020 up 0.7% flat
112 Albania 49.0% 2020 down 0.1% falling
113 Andorra 48.8% 2020 up 2.6% rising
114 Cayman Islands 48.6% 2020 down 0.4% flat
115 Nicaragua 48.6% 2020 down 0.4% flat
116 Morocco 48.5% 2020 down 2.2% flat
117 Eswatini 48.5% 2020 down 0.1% flat
118 Finland 48.5% 2020 down 2.3% flat
119 Norway 48.5% 2020 down 1.2% flat
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4% 2020 down 2.4% falling
121 Guam 48.4% 2020 up 0.1% rising
122 Türkiye 48.4% 2020 down 10.6% falling
123 Bangladesh 48.3% 2020 up 2.3% flat
124 Turks and Caicos Islands 48.2% 2020 down 0.0% flat
125 Ecuador 48.2% 2020 down 0.6% falling
126 Hungary 48.2% 2020 down 7.1% falling
127 Zambia 48.1% 2020 down 2.6% flat
128 Philippines 48.1% 2020 down 0.4% flat
129 Faroe Islands 48.0% 2020 up 2.1% rising
130 Dominica 47.9% 2020 down 0.6% flat
131 Paraguay 47.9% 2020 down 0.1% flat
132 Tunisia 47.7% 2020 down 1.7% flat
133 New Caledonia 47.7% 2020 up 3.1% rising
134 Central African Republic 47.6% 2020 up 1.9% flat
135 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 47.6% 2020 up 0.1% flat
136 Peru 47.5% 2020 up 2.4% falling
137 Honduras 47.5% 2020 down 0.1% flat
138 Djibouti 47.5% 2020 down 0.1% flat
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.4% 2020 down 0.2% flat
140 Sri Lanka 47.3% 2020 up 1.0% rising
141 Gambia 47.2% 2020 up 0.1% rising
142 Algeria 47.2% 2020 up 0.2% rising
143 Kiribati 47.2% 2020 down 0.1% flat
144 Senegal 47.0% 2020 up 0.2% flat
145 Egypt 46.8% 2020 up 6.7% falling
146 Panama 46.7% 2020 down 3.9% flat
147 Ghana 46.6% 2020 down 0.2% falling
148 Micronesia, Federated States of 46.5% 2020 up 0.1% rising
149 Cambodia 46.1% 2020 down 2.0% falling
150 Namibia 46.0% 2020 down 0.5% flat
151 Fiji 46.0% 2020 down 1.0% falling
152 San Marino 46.0% 2020 up 6.0% falling
153 Brazil 46.0% 2020 down 0.0% flat
154 Lesotho 45.8% 2020 down 0.3% flat
155 Iran, Islamic Republic of 45.7% 2020 up 1.1% flat
156 Nigeria 45.5% 2020 up 8.8% flat
157 Congo 45.5% 2020 down 0.4% falling
158 Iceland 45.4% 2020 down 8.8% falling
159 Tonga 45.4% 2020 down 0.6% falling
160 Myanmar 45.2% 2020 down 0.9% flat
161 Romania 45.1% 2020 down 10.7% falling
162 Suriname 45.0% 2020 down 0.9% flat
163 Iraq 44.9% 2020 up 17.8% rising
164 Somalia 44.9% 2020 down 5.7% falling
165 Tuvalu 44.8% 2020 down 0.5% flat
166 Pakistan 44.7% 2020 down 5.7% flat
167 Côte d'Ivoire 44.6% 2020 up 0.0% flat
168 Mauritius 44.6% 2020 down 4.9% falling
169 Republic of Korea 44.5% 2020 up 1.3% flat
170 Haiti 44.4% 2020 down 0.0% flat
171 Eritrea 43.9% 2020 down 2.7% falling
172 Solomon Islands 43.8% 2020 down 0.3% flat
173 Sierra Leone 43.4% 2020 down 3.4% flat
174 Mauritania 43.4% 2020 up 1.8% falling
175 Brunei Darussalam 43.4% 2020 down 0.6% flat
176 Palau 43.2% 2020 up 4.2% rising
177 Zimbabwe 43.2% 2020 up 0.5% flat
178 South Africa 43.1% 2020 up 2.1% rising
179 Botswana 43.0% 2020 down 0.1% rising
180 Madagascar 43.0% 2020 down 0.5% flat
181 French Polynesia 43.0% 2020 down 0.0% rising
182 Malta 42.4% 2020 down 11.8% falling
183 Liberia 42.4% 2020 down 0.6% falling
184 Yemen 42.3% 2020 down 7.9% flat
185 Czechia 42.1% 2020 up 3.5% falling
186 Viet Nam 42.1% 2020 up 0.8% falling
187 Indonesia 41.9% 2020 down 1.6% falling
188 Slovenia 41.4% 2020 down 3.2% falling
189 Guinea 41.2% 2020 down 13.8% falling
190 Naoero 41.1% 2020 down 11.4% falling
191 Timor-Leste 39.6% 2020 down 19.9% falling
192 Papua New Guinea 39.2% 2020 down 0.3% falling
193 Marshall Islands 38.7% 2020 up 0.2% flat
194 China 38.6% 2020 down 4.6% falling
195 Malaysia 38.0% 2020 down 3.1% falling
196 Dominican Republic 36.6% 2020 down 6.9% flat
197 Gabon 35.7% 2020 down 13.9% falling
198 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.6% 2020 down 8.6% falling
199 Greenland 35.2% 2020 up 8.8% rising
200 Kuwait 33.7% 2020 up 12.1% falling
201 Mongolia 33.2% 2020 up 27.4% falling
202 Saudi Arabia 31.4% 2020 up 5.9% falling
203 Seychelles 30.0% 2020 down 5.3% falling
204 Libya 28.2% 2020 down 1.2% falling
205 United Arab Emirates 26.3% 2020 up 4.0% falling
206 Bahrain 25.8% 2020 down 7.0% falling
207 Equatorial Guinea 22.9% 2020 down 49.4% falling
208 Qatar 17.2% 2020 up 0.4% falling
209 Oman 16.4% 2020 down 15.1% falling
210 Bhutan 15.1% 2020 down 20.1% falling
211 Maldives 12.3% 2020 down 47.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Female migrants (% of international migrant stock)
Unit
% of international migrant stock
Source
United Nations Population Division, Trends in International Migrant Stock: 2020 Revision. Data downloaded as of December 6, 2024
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
259 places, 1,813 data points, 1990–2020
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Percentage of female migrants out of total international migrant stock. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees.