OECD countries: Diaspora profile

This chapter looks at recent migration flows and diasporas from OECD countries to the OECD area. In 2012 almost 1.7 million new migrants from OECD countries settled in the OECD area, accounting for about 34% of total immigration flows. In 2010/11 there were 42.5 million emigrants 15 years old or older born in OECD countries residing in other OECD countries. Of these, 11 million were highly educated, representing a growth of 55% between 2000/01 and 2010/11. The total emigration rate reaches 4% for OECD countries and the emigration rate for the highly educated is of a similar level. Future challenges relate notably to the management of labour migration in the context of demographic ageing and low economic growth.This chapter also contains one regional note and 34 country notes for all OECD countries.