|  |
Receiving country
|
Total abroad
|
Frac.*
|
---|
Sending country
|
Domestic
|
GBR
|
USA
|
FRA
|
CAN
|
AUS
|
PRT
|
ESP
|
BEL
|
ZAF
| Â | Â |
Algeria
|
13,639
|
45
|
50
|
10,594
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
60
|
99
|
0
|
10,860
|
44%
|
Angola
|
881
|
16
|
0
|
5
|
25
|
0
|
2,006
|
14
|
5
|
31
|
2,102
|
70%
|
Benin
|
405
|
0
|
4
|
206
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
224
|
36%
|
Botswana
|
530
|
28
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
26
|
68
|
11%
|
Burkina Faso
|
314
|
0
|
0
|
77
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
78
|
20%
|
Burundi
|
230
|
5
|
0
|
53
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
55
|
9
|
136
|
37%
|
Cameroon
|
1,007
|
49
|
170
|
332
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
267
|
3
|
845
|
46%
|
Cape Verde
|
202
|
0
|
15
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
186
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
211
|
51%
|
Cent. Afr. Rep.
|
120
|
0
|
0
|
79
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
87
|
42%
|
Chad
|
248
|
0
|
0
|
69
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
70
|
22%
|
Comoros
|
50
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
24
|
32%
|
Congo, DR
|
5,647
|
37
|
90
|
139
|
35
|
0
|
42
|
4
|
107
|
98
|
552
|
9%
|
Congo, Rep.
|
670
|
11
|
15
|
468
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
4
|
65
|
135
|
747
|
53%
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
1,763
|
0
|
10
|
262
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
3
|
284
|
14%
|
Djibouti
|
86
|
0
|
0
|
25
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
26
|
23%
|
Egypt
|
143,555
|
1,465
|
3,830
|
471
|
750
|
535
|
1
|
17
|
31
|
19
|
7,119
|
5%
|
Eq. Guinea
|
47
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
76
|
0
|
0
|
81
|
63%
|
Eritrea
|
173
|
18
|
55
|
0
|
20
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
98
|
36%
|
Ethiopia
|
1,310
|
65
|
420
|
16
|
30
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
9
|
553
|
30%
|
Gabon
|
368
|
0
|
0
|
61
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
65
|
15%
|
Gambia
|
40
|
16
|
30
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
46
|
53%
|
Ghana
|
1,294
|
590
|
850
|
16
|
95
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
82
|
1,639
|
56%
|
Guinea
|
898
|
3
|
15
|
69
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
7
|
0
|
115
|
11%
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
103
|
0
|
15
|
75
|
0
|
0
|
160
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
251
|
71%
|
Kenya
|
3,855
|
2,733
|
865
|
0
|
180
|
110
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
81
|
3,975
|
51%
|
Lesotho
|
114
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
49
|
57
|
33%
|
Liberia
|
73
|
10
|
105
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
126
|
63%
|
Libya
|
6,371
|
349
|
120
|
20
|
75
|
5
|
0
|
9
|
7
|
0
|
585
|
8%
|
Madagascar
|
1,428
|
6
|
30
|
878
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
920
|
39%
|
Malawi
|
200
|
191
|
40
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
48
|
293
|
59%
|
Mali
|
529
|
0
|
15
|
138
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
157
|
23%
|
Mauritania
|
333
|
0
|
10
|
28
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
43
|
11%
|
Mauritius
|
960
|
294
|
35
|
307
|
110
|
36
|
1
|
0
|
20
|
19
|
822
|
46%
|
Morocco
|
14,293
|
33
|
225
|
5,113
|
70
|
4
|
9
|
833
|
213
|
6
|
6,506
|
31%
|
Mozambique
|
435
|
16
|
20
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
1,218
|
4
|
2
|
61
|
1,334
|
75%
|
Namibia
|
466
|
37
|
15
|
0
|
30
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
291
|
382
|
45%
|
Niger
|
386
|
0
|
10
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
37
|
9%
|
Nigeria
|
30,885
|
1,997
|
2,510
|
29
|
120
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
6
|
180
|
4,856
|
14%
|
Rwanda
|
155
|
4
|
25
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
70
|
10
|
118
|
43%
|
Sao Tome & P.
|
63
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
96
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
97
|
61%
|
Senegal
|
640
|
0
|
40
|
603
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
12
|
3
|
678
|
51%
|
Seychelles
|
120
|
29
|
0
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
50
|
29%
|
Sierra Leone
|
338
|
118
|
115
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
249
|
42%
|
Somalia
|
310
|
53
|
70
|
0
|
25
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
151
|
33%
|
South Africa
|
27,551
|
3,509
|
1,950
|
16
|
1,545
|
1,111
|
61
|
5
|
0
|
-834**
|
7,363
|
21%
|
Sudan
|
4,973
|
606
|
65
|
17
|
15
|
40
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
10
|
758
|
13%
|
Swaziland
|
133
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
44
|
53
|
28%
|
Tanzania
|
1,264
|
743
|
270
|
4
|
240
|
54
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
40
|
1,356
|
52%
|
Togo
|
265
|
0
|
10
|
168
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
180
|
40%
|
Tunisia
|
6,459
|
16
|
30
|
3,072
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
60
|
0
|
3,192
|
33%
|
Uganda
|
2,429
|
1,136
|
290
|
1
|
165
|
61
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
179
|
1,837
|
43%
|
Zambia
|
670
|
465
|
130
|
0
|
40
|
39
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
203
|
883
|
57%
|
Zimbabwe
|
1,530
|
553
|
235
|
0
|
55
|
97
|
12
|
1
|
6
|
643
|
1,602
|
51%
|
Africa
|
280,808
|
15,258
|
12,813
|
23,494
|
3,715
|
2,140
|
3,859
|
1,096
|
1,107
|
1,459
|
64,941
|
19%
|
Sub-Saharan
|
96,405
|
13,350
|
8,558
|
4,199
|
2,800
|
1,596
|
3,847
|
173
|
696
|
1,434
|
36,653
|
28%
|
- Sources: See Acknowledgements. African sending countries show country of birth as recorded in the receiving-country census. Receiving countries show country of residence at the time of the last census (France [FRA] 1999; United States [USA] 2000; Australia [AUS], Belgium [BEL], Canada [CAN], Portugal [PRT], South Africa [ZAF], Spain [ESP], and United Kingdom [GBR] 2001). The copyright to some of the data in this table is retained by the source agency; see appendix for details before reproducing these data elsewhere. All data used here with written permission. *Gives the number of professionals abroad as a fraction of total professionals (domestic + abroad). **There are 834 physicians born in one of the other eight receiving countries who appear in the 2001 census of South Africa. This negative number thus represents a "netting out" term.
- The full contents of this table are available in an Excel workbook from the Center for Global Development website [17].