India tops the list of most highly educated migrant workers

OECD data reveals that there are around 120 million migrants living in OECD member countries. 30 to 35 percent of these migrants are considered highly educated, meaning they have received vocational or academic training. Among the most common birth countries for highly educated migrants, these shares are a lot higher, however.For India, which topped the list as of 2015/16 with more than three million highly educated migrants in the OECD, the share of those considered of high education status was nearly 65 percent. China had a rate of 48.6 percent highly educated migrants in the OECD – or 2.25 million.(Image Credit: iStock)

OECD data reveals that there are around 120 million migrants living in OECD member countries. For India, which topped the list as of 2015/16 with more than three million highly educated migrants in the OECD, the share of those considered of high education status was nearly 65 percent.

China had a rate of 48.6 percent highly educated migrants in the OECD – or 2.25 million.

The Philippines comes in at third place. 53.3 percent of Filipino immigrants to the OECD are considered highly educated, which brings the total to almost 1.9 million for a country of just over 100 million inhabitants.

The UK and Germany come in fourth and fifth place with 1.75 million and 1.47 million educated migrants in OECD countries, respectively.

Poland had 1.2 million highly educated workers in OECD nations while Mexico had 1.14 million highly educated migrants in OECD countries.

Russia, which stood at the eighth spot in the 2015/16 list had 1.06 million highly educated workers in OECD countries