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19 March 2024

UAE is 3rd worldwide in expat-to-nationals ratio

The World Bank report said that India-UAE is among the world’s ten largest migration corridors with 2.2 million mirgrants. (AP)

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By Waheed Abbas

Expatriates account for 70 per cent of the UAE’s population as the emirate is placed third worldwide in terms of the ratio of expatriates to citizens, said a reportt.

In terms of number of expatriates, UAE is placed 14th in the list of countries housing 3.3 million expats out of its 4.6 million population, World Bank said in a report.

The population grew at an average annual rate of 4.1 per cent during 2000-2009 period. It also revealed that nearly 78 per cent of population is based in urban areas.

World Bank said majority of expats hail from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Egypt, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Yemen, Iran and Sudan. It also revealed that females make up around 27.4 per cent of UAE expatriates workforce.

Qatar topped the list with expats making up 87 per cent of the country's population while Monaco is placed second with 72 per cent of its population being expatriates.

The World Bank report said that India-UAE is the world’s ten largest migration corridors with 2.2 million mirgrants.

The US continues to be world’s largest market for immigrants, housing 42.8 million immigrants in 2010, followed by Russia (12.3m), Germany (10.8m), Saudi Arabia (7.3m), Canada (7.2m), United Kingdom (7.0m), Spain (6.9m), France (6.7m), Australia (5.5m), India (5.4m), Ukraine (5.3m), Italy (4.5m) and Pakistan (4.2m).

Mexico, India and Russia are the world’s top three emirgration countries in 2010 as the number of emigrants reached 11.9 million, 11.4 million and 11.1 million, respectively. Russia, China, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Pakistan, UK, the Philippines and Turkey are among the world’s top ten emigration nations.

The report revealed that India, China and Mexico were the top remittance receiving countries, collecting $55 billion, $51 billion and $22.6 billion, respectively.

Among the sending countries, US topped the list by remitting $48.3bn in 2009 followed by Saudi Arabia ($26bn) and Switzerland ($19.6bn).

World Bank’s latest Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 said remittances to developing countries were a resilient source of external financing during the recent global financial crisis, with recorded flows expected to reach $325 billion by the end of this year, up from $307 billion in 2009. Worldwide, remittance flows are expected to reach $440 billion by the end of this year.