Physician emigrants - Medical brain drain - Migration and Remittances



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Source: MODELING THE EFFECT OF PHYSICIAN EMIGRATION ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT By Alok Bhargava, Frederic Docquier and Yasser Moullan (February 2010)
This data set is part of a research project on "Brain drain, return migration and South-South migration: impact on labor markets and human capital" financially supported by the Austrian, German, Korean, and Norwegian governments through the Multi-donor Trust Fund on Labor Markets, Job Creation, and Economic Growth administered by the World Bank's Social Protection and Labor unit (contract 7152391).
Physician emigrants - Medical brain drain - Migration and Remittances (2004)

Rank

Country

US$ million

1India71,290
2Philippines20,000
3Canada18,635
4United Kingdom17,759
5South Africa16,433
6Pakistan16,423
7Germany13,571
8Mexico13,057
9Ireland11,388
10Egypt8,515
11Italy8,403
12Australia7,958
13Spain7,779
14Dominican Republic7,258
15Iran6,620
16Poland5,765
17Nigeria5,499
18China5,417
19Russia5,039
20Grenada5,000
21Greece4,977
22Syria4,896
23North Korea4,712
24South Korea4,712
25Sri Lanka4,390
26France4,311
27Netherlands4,088
28Romania3,914
29Israel3,748
30Belgium3,719
31Dominica3,715
32Iraq3,701
33Lebanon3,475
34Argentina3,424
35Colombia3,317
36Taiwan3,314
37Turkey2,949
38New Zealand2,779
39Japan2,511
40Hungary2,449
41Thailand2,430
42Switzerland2,401
43Brazil2,387
44Bangladesh2,267
45Jamaica2,241
46Cuba2,177
47Vietnam1,966
48Peru1,948
49Austria1,915
50Malaysia1,898
51Burma1,886
52Sweden1,869
53Ukraine1,828
54United States1,753
55Serbia1,428
56Algeria1,387
57Venezuela1,357
58Czech Republic1,314
59Singapore1,250
60Sudan1,235
61Jordan1,186
62Ghana1,132
63Haiti1,129
64Bulgaria1,091
65Libya1,086
66Denmark960.30
67Chile943.30
68Finland879.20
69Portugal839.20
70Morocco783.10
71Bosnia and Herzegovina772.10
72Croatia761.70
73Ethiopia638.90
74Slovakia633.50
75Guatemala631.40
76Zimbabwe624.90
77Uganda620.70
78Iceland579.60
79Ecuador569.30
80Afghanistan507.90
81Norway493.80
82Indonesia485.10
83Democratic Republic of the Congo455.70
84Estonia445.80
85Costa Rica435.50
86Saudi Arabia433.70
87Lithuania433.20
88Malta399.50
89El Salvador394.40
90St. Lucia394
91United Arab Emirates390.80
92Bolivia385.90
93Kenya379.10
94Panama311.90
95Uruguay304.90
96Nicaragua303.70
97Uzbekistan303.40
98Armenia286.20
99Zambia277.90
100Latvia260
101Paraguay257.90
102Tunisia256.20
103Belarus243.20
104Barbados229
105Fiji220.70
106Georgia187
107Trinidad and Tobago186.10
108Honduras172.20
109Kazakhstan171.30
110Moldova160.60
111Cameroon156.90
112Kuwait143.20
113Tanzania139.20
114Montenegro132.65
115Angola129
116Nepal124.70
117Azerbaijan115.30
118Somalia114.90
119Belize112
120Macedonia110.10
121Albania103
122Slovenia97.40
123Papua New Guinea97
124Republic of the Congo90
125St. Kitts and Nevis89
126Liberia81.50
127Guinea72.80
128Cambodia68.90
129Yemen66.80
130Senegal66
131Antigua and Barbuda66
132Malawi57.80
133Tajikistan55.90
134Bahrain50
135Madagascar48.20
136Sierra Leone38
137Togo35.60
138Mozambique30.50
139Luxembourg25
140Rwanda24.80
141Laos24.30
142Benin24.30
143Burundi22
144Oman20
145Kyrgyzstan19.10
146Mongolia18.20
147Guyana17
148Occupied Palestinian Territory16.80
149Ivory Coast13.90
150Suriname12.70
151East Timor11
152Mali8.90
153Mauritius8
154Seychelles6
155Central African Republic4.80
156Gabon4
157Turkmenistan3.40
158Chad3
159Burkina Faso2.40
160Swaziland1.10
161Equatorial Guinea1
162Andorra1
163Comoros1
164Niger0.50
165San Marino0
166St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
167Botswana0
168Western Samoa0
169Lesotho0
170Brunei0
171Qatar0
172Cape Verde0
173Djibouti0
174Palau0
175Cyprus0
176Sao Tome and Principe0
177Eritrea0
178Nauru0
179Tuvalu0
180Kiribati0
181Maldives0
182Namibia0
183Tonga0
184Marshall Islands0
185Mauritania0
186Bahamas0
187Vanuatu0
188Bhutan0
189Micronesia0
190Solomon Islands0
191Gambia0
192Guinea-Bissau0
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