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Diaspora influence

Average share of total immigrant populations resident in 25 Index countries from the given Index country of origin (2019)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for diaspora influence. Embed

Diaspora influence

Average share of total immigrant populations resident in 25 Index countries from the given Index country of origin (2019)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — China
    16.7% 2019
  • 2 62.5 India
    10.4% 2019
  • 3 +5 42.0 Indonesia
    7.0% 2019
  • 4 +3 38.9 Vietnam
    6.5% 2019
  • 5 +9 32.3 Taiwan
    5.4% 2017
  • 6 −1 32.0 Myanmar
    5.4% 2019
  • 7 +3 26.4 Malaysia
    4.4% 2019
  • 8 +8 24.1 Thailand
    4.0% 2019
  • 9 −5 23.6 Philippines
    4.0% 2019
  • 10 −7 21.6 Bangladesh
    3.6% 2019
  • 11 −5 19.0 South Korea
    3.2% 2019
  • 12 +7 13.9 United States
    2.3% 2019
  • 13 +9 11.5 Australia
    1.9% 2019
  • 14 −5 10.6 Pakistan
    1.8% 2019
  • 15 −3 10.0 Nepal
    1.7% 2019
  • 16 −5 8.5 Laos
    1.4% 2019
  • 17 −4 7.4 Cambodia
    1.3% 2019
  • 18 −1 7.0 Japan
    1.2% 2019
  • 19 −1 4.4 Russia
    0.8% 2019
  • 20 +1 3.8 — Singapore
    0.6% 2019
  • 21 −6 3.6 New Zealand
    0.6% 2019
  • 22 −2 2.7 Sri Lanka
    0.5% 2019
  • 23 +2 1.8 North Korea
    0.3% 2019
  • 24 −1 0.5 — Mongolia
    0.1% 2019
  • 25 −1 0.1 — Brunei
    0.0% 2019
  • 26 0.0 — Papua New Guinea
    0.0% 2019
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