The average for 2024 based on 175 countries was 4.98 index points. The highest value was in Samoa: 10 index points and the lowest value was in Australia: 0.3 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2024 based on 17 countries was 4.58 index points. The highest value was in Syria: 7.7 index points and the lowest value was in Qatar: 0.8 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Abstract

This dataset, a product of the Trade Team - Development Research Group, is part of a larger effort in the group to measure the extent of the brain drain as part of the International Migration and Development Program. It measures international skilled migration by gender. The methodology is explained in: A gendered assessment of the brain drain, F. Docquier, L. Lowell, and A. Marfouk, Policy Research Discussion Paper (forthcoming), World Bank. 2007.

This data set updates and extends the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. The authors use new sources, homogenize definitions of what a migrant is, and compute gender-disaggregated indicators of the brain drain. Emigration stocks and rates are provided by level of schooling and gender for 195 source countries in 1990 and 2000. This data set can be used to capture the recent trend in women’s skilled migration and to analyze its causes and consequences for developing countries.

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Aggregate data [agg]

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Other [oth]

The average for 2024 based on 47 countries was 6.18 index points. The highest value was in Eritrea: 8.7 index points and the lowest value was in Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Germany: Human flight and brain drain index, 0 (low) - 10 (high): The latest value from 2024 is 1.6 index points, a decline from 1.9 index points in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.98 index points, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Germany from 2007 to 2024 is 2.25 index points. The minimum value, 1.6 index points, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 3 index points was recorded in 2007.

Abstract

This dataset, a product of the Trade Team - Development Research Group, is part of a larger effort in the group to measure the extent of the brain drain as part of the International Migration and Development Program. It measures international skilled migration, giving new estimates controlling for age of entry.

Kind of data

Aggregate data [agg]

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

Abstract

This dataset, a product of the Trade Team - Development Research Group, is part of a larger effort in the group to measure the extent of the brain drain as part of the International Migration and Development Program. It measures international skilled migration for the years 1975-2000.

The methodology is explained in: "Tendance de long terme des migrations internationals. Analyse à partir des 6 principaux pays recerveurs", Cécily Defoort.

This data set uses the same methodology as used in the Docquier-Marfouk data set on international migration by educational attainment. The authors use data from 6 key receiving countries in the OECD: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the US.

It is estimated that the data represent approximately 77 percent of the world’s migrant population.

Bilateral brain drain rates are estimated based observations for every five years, during the period 1975-2000.

Geographic coverage

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, UK and US

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Aggregate data [agg]

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

The average for 2024 based on 20 countries was 5.08 index points. The highest value was in El Salvador: 8.6 index points and the lowest value was in Argentina: 2.4 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2024 based on 12 countries was 4.65 index points. The highest value was in Guyana: 7.9 index points and the lowest value was in Argentina: 2.4 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2024 based on 11 countries was 4.43 index points. The highest value was in Laos: 6.3 index points and the lowest value was in Singapore: 1 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2024 based on 44 countries was 4.73 index points. The highest value was in Palestine: 9.4 index points and the lowest value was in Qatar: 0.8 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The average for 2024 based on 10 countries was 4.39 index points. The highest value was in Laos: 6.3 index points and the lowest value was in Singapore: 1 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.