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Name: Immigration Policies by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: International Migration Policies - United Nations.

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Immigration Policies by Country

Immigration Policies by Country: compare 191 countries on 17 metrics.

Law Population191 countries · 17 metricsUpdated Dec 9, 2025Original page

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International Migration Policies - United Nations

Policy on Immigration

5 values across 190 entries

Poliicy on Highly Skilled Workers

5 values across 173 entries

Policy on Emigration

4 values across 170 entries

Counter Long Term Pop. Decline

4 values across 148 entries

Address Population Aging

4 values across 148 entries

Meet Demand for Labor

4 values across 148 entries

Data

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190 countries


Afghanistan	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Albania	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Algeria	Maintain	Maintain	No
Andorra	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Angola	Maintain	Raise	No
Antigua and Barbuda	Maintain	Maintain	No
Argentina	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Armenia	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Australia	Maintain	Maintain	—
Austria	Raise	Raise	—
Azerbaijan	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Bahamas	Maintain	Maintain	No
Bahrain	Lower	Lower	No
Bangladesh	Maintain	—	Raise
Barbados	Lower	Raise	Lower
Belarus	Raise	Raise	Lower
Belgium	Maintain	Maintain	—
Belize	Lower	Maintain	Maintain
Benin	No intervention	No	No
Bhutan	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Bolivia	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Botswana	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Brazil	Raise	Raise	—
Brunei	Maintain	Raise	No
Bulgaria	Raise	Raise	Lower
Burkina Faso	No intervention	No	Lower
Burundi	No official policy	Raise	No
Cambodia	Maintain	Maintain	Raise
Cameroon	Maintain	No official	Lower
Canada	Maintain	Maintain	No
Central African Republic	No intervention	—	No
Chad	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Chile	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
China	Raise	Raise	No
Colombia	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Comoros	No intervention	—	No
Cook Islands	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Costa Rica	Maintain	Maintain	—
Croatia	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Cuba	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Cyprus	Maintain	Lower	Maintain
Czechia	No official policy	No official	—
Denmark	No official policy	Raise	—
Djibouti	Lower	Maintain	No
Dominica	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Dominican Republic	Maintain	Maintain	No
DR Congo	Maintain	Raise	No
Ecuador	Lower	No	Lower
Egypt	Lower	Maintain	Maintain
El Salvador	No intervention	Maintain	Maintain
Equatorial Guinea	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Eritrea	No intervention	Raise	Lower
Estonia	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Ethiopia	No intervention	Raise	Maintain
Fiji	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Finland	Raise	Raise	—
France	Lower	Raise	No
Gabon	Raise	Raise	Lower
Gambia	Lower	Lower	Lower
Georgia	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Germany	Raise	Raise	No
Ghana	Lower	No	Lower
Greece	Lower	Lower	—
Grenada	No official policy	No official	—
Guatemala	No intervention	Maintain	Maintain
Guinea	No intervention	No	No
Guinea-Bissau	No intervention	No	Lower
Guyana	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Haiti	Maintain	—	Lower
Honduras	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Hungary	Raise	Raise	No
Iceland	Maintain	Raise	No
India	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Indonesia	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Iran	Lower	Maintain	Lower
Iraq	Maintain	No official	Lower
Ireland	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Israel	Raise	Maintain	Lower
Italy	Maintain	Raise	No
Ivory Coast	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Jamaica	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Japan	Maintain	Raise	No
Jordan	Lower	Maintain	Maintain
Kazakhstan	Raise	Raise	Maintain
Kenya	Lower	Maintain	Lower
Kiribati	Maintain	—	Raise
Kuwait	Lower	Raise	No
Kyrgyzstan	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Latvia	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Lebanon	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Lesotho	No intervention	No	Lower
Liberia	Maintain	—	No
Libya	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Liechtenstein	Maintain	Maintain	No
Lithuania	Raise	Raise	Lower
Luxembourg	Maintain	Raise	No
Madagascar	No official policy	Maintain	No
Malawi	Lower	Maintain	Maintain
Malaysia	Lower	Raise	Lower
Maldives	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Mali	Maintain	No	Lower
Malta	Maintain	Maintain	No
Marshall Islands	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Mauritania	Maintain	Maintain	No
Mauritius	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Mexico	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Micronesia	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Moldova	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Monaco	Maintain	—	Maintain
Mongolia	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Montenegro	Maintain	Maintain	No
Morocco	No official policy	Maintain	—
Mozambique	Maintain	Maintain	No
Myanmar	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Namibia	Maintain	Raise	No
Nauru	Maintain	—	Raise
Nepal	Maintain	Maintain	Raise
Netherlands	Maintain	Raise	No
New Zealand	Maintain	Raise	No
Nicaragua	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Niger	Maintain	Maintain	No
Nigeria	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Niue	Raise	—	Lower
North Korea	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Norway	Maintain	Raise	—
Oman	Lower	Lower	—
Pakistan	Lower	Maintain	Raise
Palau	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Palestine	No official policy	—	Lower
Panama	Maintain	Raise	—
Papua New Guinea	Maintain	Raise	Raise
Paraguay	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Peru	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Philippines	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Poland	Raise	Raise	—
Portugal	Raise	Raise	Lower
Qatar	Lower	Raise	No
Republic of the Congo	Maintain	—	Maintain
Romania	Raise	Raise	Maintain
Russia	Raise	Raise	Lower
Rwanda	Raise	Raise	Maintain
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Saint Lucia	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Samoa	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
San Marino	Raise	No	No
Saudi Arabia	Lower	Maintain	Lower
Senegal	No official policy	No official	—
Serbia	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Seychelles	Lower	Maintain	Lower
Sierra Leone	No intervention	No	No
Singapore	Maintain	Lower	No
Slovakia	Maintain	Raise	—
Slovenia	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Solomon Islands	Maintain	Raise	Raise
Somalia	No intervention	—	No
South Africa	Maintain	Raise	Lower
South Korea	Raise	Raise	No
Spain	Maintain	Raise	No
Sri Lanka	Maintain	Maintain	Raise
Sudan	Maintain	—	Lower
Suriname	Maintain	Raise	Lower
Sweden	Raise	Raise	—
Switzerland	Lower	Maintain	—
Syria	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Tajikistan	Maintain	—	Raise
Tanzania	No intervention	—	No
Thailand	Raise	Raise	Raise
Timor-Leste	Maintain	Maintain	Raise
Togo	No intervention	No	No
Tonga	Maintain	Raise	Raise
Trinidad and Tobago	Maintain	Raise	No
Tunisia	No intervention	No	Raise
Turkey	Maintain	Raise	Maintain
Turkmenistan	Lower	—	Lower
Tuvalu	Maintain	—	Raise
Uganda	No intervention	No	No
Ukraine	Raise	Raise	Lower
United Arab Emirates	Maintain	Raise	No
United Kingdom	Lower	Lower	No
United States	Maintain	Maintain	No
Uruguay	Raise	Raise	Lower
Uzbekistan	Maintain	Maintain	Raise
Vanuatu	Maintain	Maintain	Maintain
Venezuela	Maintain	Maintain	—
Vietnam	Maintain	Raise	Raise
Yemen	Lower	Maintain	Raise
Zambia	Maintain	Maintain	Lower
Zimbabwe	No intervention	Raise	Lower

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Where does this immigration policies by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: International Migration Policies - United Nations.

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