Emigrations to High-Income Countries over Time (1990-2020)
What are the trends?
This is a line chart to illustrate the quantity of migrants moving out of South East Asian countries yearly, from 1990 to 2020. The indicator used for the migrant count is countries in the South-Eastern Asia region to countries with the "High-Income Economies" status, according to World Bank's country classifications.
To use the visualisation, hover over a point to view its tooltip, click to zoom on a line and display its card, and close the card to reset to default view.
Context
It is expected that the number of people migrating out of South East Asian countries to other countries with better economies will increase over time. This is due to the fact that population growth is increasing at a faster rate than economic growth in South East Asian countries.
To validate this assertion, the line chart created above connects the number of emigrations for each country in the South-East Asian region in the past 3 decades, from 1990 to 2020.
By connecting the dots between each year, upward or downward trends in the number of emigrations for each country can then be identified.
The visualisation aims to reveal patterns that puts the assertion stated above to the test, hence allowing further investigation.
Key Findings
This section highlights all key findings found within the visualisation above.
Between
1995-2000
Malaysia witnessed its peak emigration, with a recorded count of 307,032 people leaving the country during that period.
Only
2 countries
among the 11 have experienced a decrease in emigration count.
Emigration from Laos decreased between 2000 and 2005, and it has been on a downward trend since 2015.
Emigration from Timor-Leste significantly declined from 1990 to 2000. However, in 2005, there was a dramatic increase, with the emigration rate tripling since that year.
Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.
Design and Developed by Adrian & Sean© COS30045 Data Visualisation, 2023