The Ins and Outs of Migration in Africa South of the Sahara

THE INS AND OUTS OF MIGRATION IN AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA Departures MULTIPLYING MEGACITIES SENDING MONEY HOME: TOP 10 REMITTANCE RECIPIENTS NET MIGRATION EXODUS: Top 10 Emigrant Countries In some small countries, a significant share of the population leaves home, including a large percentage of the skilled labor force. Within Africa, millions of people are moving from Emigrants from Africa send home billions of dollars, and for some countries, these remittances make up a large share of GDP. A net 2 million people from Africa south of the Sahara leave the continent each year-a lot of people, but many more rural areas to cities. The bubbles below show African cities with more than 4 million inhabi- tants in 2010 and 2025 (projected). leave South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. US$ in 2010 % of GDP in 2009 in millions of people in 2010 1. Nigeria $10.0 bn 2. Sudan $3.2 bn 3. Kenya $1.8 bn 4. Senegal $1.2 bn by share of population in 2010 1. Cape Verde. . 2. São Tomé & Principe. .21.9% 3. Lesotho. 4. Eritrea. .. 0000000 00000O0000 1. Lesotho. 2. Togo.. 3. Cape Verde . 4. Guinea-Bissau. . 24.8% Emigrants -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Immigrants .37.5% 10.3% 2010 ..9.1% .20.5% .9.1% 5. South Africa $1.0 bn 5. Senegal. 6. The Gambia. .18.0% LUANDA Angola 9.1% KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo 8.8 ABIDJAN Côe d'Ivoire 4.1 6. Uganda $0.8 bn 7. Lesotho $0.5 bn 8. Ethiopia $0.4 bn 9. Mali $0.4 bn 10. Togo $0.3 bn Latin America & Caribbean 5. Seychelles. 6. Swaziland. 7. Mauritius. 8. Liberia.. South Asia .14.6% Middle East & North Africa 4.8 ..7.9% 7. Liberia. 6.2% .13.3% Africa South of the Sahara 0000000 8. Sudan. .5.6% .10.9% 9. Nigeria. 10. Kenya.. East Asia & Pacific 10.5% LAGOS Nigeria North America ****........... .5.6% 9. Zimbabwe. .. Europesia ...9.9% 10.6 KHARTOUM Sudan ..5.4% 10. Burkina Faso... .9.7% 5.2 **: Cape Verde 192.5 2025 ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia 4.8 Namibia Ghana Chad 16.5 243.3 824.9 Niger 386.9 Ethiopia 620.1 DAKAR Sene gal 4.3 Mozambique 1,178.5 Mauritania 118.0 Malawi Sudan 212.6 LUANDA Angola 8.1 25.2 Gabon 967.5 KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo 15.0 O Burundi 356.0 O Lesotho 427.5 Somalia •• Mauritius 140.7 Angola 533.3 Zimbabwe 812.7 : São Tomé & Principe 36.2 1,253.1 Togo 1 368.7 Eritrea 7Republic of Congo 208.6 Comoros . 38.6 Guinea-Bissau 111.3 A Liberia 431.9 941.2 Nigeria 1,000.0 LAGOS Nige ria 15.8 ABIDJAN Côte d'voire 6.3 KHARTOUM Sudan Tanzania. 8.0 Uganda The Gambia Zambia 316.9 Guinea Democratic: Republic of Congo 913.9 64.9 757.5 Côte d'Ivoire 185.8 532.7 1,170.9 DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania KANO Nigeria 5.1 Botswana Kenya. 457.1 Cameroon 63.0 Central African Republic 129.3 o Swaziland 160.3 279.2 Senegal 6.2 636.2 OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso NAIROBI Kenya Madagascar 79.8 Sierra Leone Mali 4.3 6.2 267.0 1,012.7 Benin South Africa 878.1 531.6 Seychelles 12.3 Burkina Faso IBADAN Nige ria 4.2 A Rwanda 263.4 1,576.4 JOHANNESBURG South Africa 100,000 500,000 2010 EMIGRATION BY COUNTRY in thousands of people 1 MILLION 4.1 in millions of people INSIGHTS IFPRInfographic ifpri.org Surces: Multiplying megacities: UN Habitat and United Nations Enviranment Programme, The State of African Cities 2010 Nairobi, 2010). Emigration and remittances: World Bank, The Mgration and Remittances Factbook 2011 (Washington, DC, 2011); Net migration: Warld Bank, Worid Databank, htp://databank.woridbank.org/data/home.aspx; Design and content: J. Vivalo/FPRI and H. Fritschel/FPRI MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ............