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Employed foreign-born population

Compare employed foreign-born population across 39 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 ILOSTAT reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,041.9Thousand persons
Median: 169.0Thousand persons
Countries Covered
39
with available data
Highest
Germany
8,989.6Thousand persons
Lowest
Lesotho
1.4Thousand persons
Top 5 Countries
1Germany8,989.6Thousand persons
2Canada6,785.9Thousand persons
3France3,848.1Thousand persons
4Italy3,666.0Thousand persons
5Russian Federation2,176.4Thousand persons
By Region
North America3,562.0Thousand persons(2 countries)
Europe1,495.1Thousand persons(15 countries)
Asia984.3Thousand persons(2 countries)
South America797.6Thousand persons(4 countries)
Other370.4Thousand persons(16 countries)
Key Findings
  • 39 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Thousand persons observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • Germany has the highest published value (8989.6 Thousand persons).
  • Lesotho has the lowest published value (1.366 Thousand persons).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.4Thousand persons)High (8,989.6Thousand persons)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,041.9Thousand persons)

North America (2)
Europe (15)
Asia (2)
South America (4)
Other (16)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description .

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 ILOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description .

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Germany8,989.6Thousand persons
2Canada6,785.9Thousand persons
3France3,848.1Thousand persons
4Italy3,666.0Thousand persons
5Russian Federation2,176.4Thousand persons
6Thailand1,854.0Thousand persons
7Oman1,851.7Thousand persons
8Switzerland1,665.7Thousand persons
9Sweden1,211.1Thousand persons
10Colombia1,141.8Thousand persons
11Austria1,114.3Thousand persons
12Chile1,090.5Thousand persons
13Türkiye861.0Thousand persons
14Argentina795.6Thousand persons
15Portugal730.2Thousand persons
16Denmark496.1Thousand persons
17Dominican Republic398.3Thousand persons
18Mexico338.1Thousand persons
19Benin192.2Thousand persons
20Slovenia169.0Thousand persons
21Ecuador162.5Thousand persons
22Hungary160.2Thousand persons
23Cyprus158.0Thousand persons
24Malta129.6Thousand persons
25Indonesia114.5Thousand persons
26Estonia86.2Thousand persons
27Latvia84.6Thousand persons
28Armenia76.3Thousand persons
29Bolivia71.9Thousand persons
30Brunei Darussalam69.3Thousand persons
31Lithuania34.2Thousand persons
32Zimbabwe33.6Thousand persons
33Belize25.4Thousand persons
34Trinidad and Tobago14.3Thousand persons
35Fiji14.0Thousand persons
36Bulgaria12.7Thousand persons
37Cape Verde9.2Thousand persons
38Albania2.0Thousand persons
39Lesotho1.4Thousand persons
Showing 39 of 39 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024).

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