economic2023

Nationals returning from abroad

Compare nationals returning from abroad across 23 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 ILOSTAT reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
45.6Thousand persons
Median: 17.0Thousand persons
Countries Covered
23
with available data
Highest
Mexico
276.2Thousand persons
Lowest
Luxembourg
1.8Thousand persons
Top 5 Countries
1Mexico276.2Thousand persons
2Romania171.6Thousand persons
3Spain153.0Thousand persons
4France100.3Thousand persons
5Italy61.3Thousand persons
By Region
North America276.2Thousand persons(1 countries)
Oceania58.7Thousand persons(1 countries)
Europe39.1Thousand persons(16 countries)
Other17.6Thousand persons(5 countries)
Key Findings
  • 23 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Thousand persons observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • Mexico has the highest published value (276.182 Thousand persons).
  • Luxembourg has the lowest published value (1.82 Thousand persons).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.8Thousand persons)High (276.2Thousand persons)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 45.6Thousand persons)

North America (1)
Oceania (1)
Europe (16)
Other (5)

Percentile Profile

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

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About This Statistic

Inflow of return migrants refers to the number of migrants who returned from a period of residence abroad to live again in their country of citizenship (or country of birth, depending on the context). For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description .

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 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

Inflow of return migrants refers to the number of migrants who returned from a period of residence abroad to live again in their country of citizenship (or country of birth, depending on the context). For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description .

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Mexico276.2Thousand persons
2Romania171.6Thousand persons
3Spain153.0Thousand persons
4France100.3Thousand persons
5Italy61.3Thousand persons
6Australia58.7Thousand persons
7Papua New Guinea55.9Thousand persons
8Hungary23.9Thousand persons
9Switzerland22.0Thousand persons
10Lithuania17.5Thousand persons
11Sweden17.2Thousand persons
12Bulgaria17.0Thousand persons
13Kyrgyzstan14.5Thousand persons
14Panama12.0Thousand persons
15Croatia10.8Thousand persons
16Latvia7.2Thousand persons
17Finland7.1Thousand persons
18Norway7.1Thousand persons
19Slovakia3.8Thousand persons
20Estonia3.5Thousand persons
21Moldova, Republic of3.4Thousand persons
22Timor-Leste2.0Thousand persons
23Luxembourg1.8Thousand persons
Showing 23 of 23 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023).

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