Migration and Remittances Factbook

Development Prospects Group

Migration and Remittances in Indonesia

This is a snapshot of migration and remittances based on available data from various sources. More information on other countries, regions and the world are available at the website of the Migration and Remittances Team www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances.
Emigration, 2005

Stock of emigrants: 1,736,717 Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 0.8% Top 10 destination countries: Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Singapore, United States, Australia, Rep. of Korea, Japan, Germany, Canada.

Sources: UNPD, Development Prospects Group. Skilled Emigration, 2000

Emigration rate of tertiary educated: 2.0% Emigration of physicians: 434 or 1.3% of physicians trained in the country

Sources: Docquier and Marfouk (2004), Docquier and Bhargava (2006). Immigration, 2005

Stock of immigrants: 159,731 Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 0.1% Female as percentage of immigrants: 46.0% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.0%

Sources: UNPD, UNHCR, Development Prospects Group. Remittances

(US$ million) Inward remittance flows of which Workers' remittances Compensation of employees Migrants' transfer Outward remittance flows of which Workers' remittances Compensation of employees Migrants' transfer

2000 1,190 1,190 .. -

2001 1,046 1,046 .. -

2002 1,259 1,259 .. -

2003 1,489 1,489 .. -

2004 1,866 1,700 166 913 775 138 -

2005 1,883* 1,760 123 1,178 834 344 -

2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

* 0.7% of GDP in 2005. This table reports officially recorded remittances. The true size of remittances, including unrecorded flows through formal and informal channels, is believed to be larger. Sources: Development Prospects Group.

Migration and Remittances Factbook is compiled by Dilip Ratha and Zhimei Xu, Migration and Remittances Team, Development Prospects Group, World Bank. More information on other countries and regions are available at www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances.