International migration, India and China have the highest numbers, but the migration rate is not high

According to a United Nations report, in 2024 India has the highest number of migrants with 18.53 million, China is second with 11.7 million. This migration refers to leaving one's country to work and live abroad, excluding tourism. There are many reasons: work, study, visiting relatives are normal; war, refugees, etc., are less normal. Note that this is a cumulative number, not that China migrates out more than 10 million in one year; in one year, less than 500,000 people migrate.
India and China rank the top two mainly because their total populations are far ahead, but the proportion of migrants is actually quite low. Countries like Mexico, Ukraine, Russia, Syria, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, etc., have similar numbers of migrants as China. Some small countries have half of their population living abroad.
Figure 2, the proportion of Chinese migrants among the population is only 0.8%, the lowest among the top 20 countries with the most migrants. India’s 1.3% is also not high.
Surprisingly, 24.1% of Romanians have migrated, and Poland also has 11.9%. Ukraine, Syria, and Venezuela are driven by conflict and war to leave. Some countries with moderate income levels, not too high, also have a relatively high migration rate. When people are well-educated and their income is not low, they know how to migrate, but their income is not very high, so they want to go abroad.
Chinese migrants are mainly students. Over 700,000 students go abroad each year, including about 200,000 middle school students, with a 470% increase over ten years. This is a special phenomenon in China; many families do not have good education options domestically and have no good prospects at home, so they spend a lot of money to study abroad. The idea that one can get rich abroad is not widespread; society actually knows that foreign countries are not easy to succeed in.
Indian migrants mainly go abroad for work. A small number have good education levels, similar to Chinese students studying abroad or seeking high-tech jobs. Most are ordinary laborers; China used to have some laborers too, but it’s no longer popular. Overall, Chinese people are not very eager to go abroad, as foreign countries have a bad reputation. Indians, on the other hand, are eager to go abroad to earn money, due to lack of opportunities.#加密市场回调