Remitly, a financial startup that offers services to transfer money overseas, produced a report in which they examined Google search data from 100 countries. They analyzed the average monthly search volumes for phrases related to relocating to other countries and ranked the top-searched destinations among the 100 countries. They summarized the results in the map below.
According to Remitly, the data was compiled “by analyzing the average monthly search volume for phrases commonly associated with researching a move overseas and ranking them with the most searched-for location within each country, we were able to see which destinations came out top.”
1. Africa
![Where the world wants to move to - africa map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.6jrUGBnOJjO1T5sH3oLtW6.jpg)
2. Asia
![Where the world wants to move to - asia map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.2WU8KJ2NbAASHq9hzFgAcr.jpg)
The Top 10 Countries for Moving Abroad (and the number of countries that want to move there the most)
- Canada – 30 countries want to move there
- Japan – 13 countries want to move there
- Spain – 12 countries want to move there
- Germany – 8 countries want to move there
- Qatar – 6 countries want to move there
- Australia – 5 countries want to move there
- Switzerland – 4 countries want to move there
- Portugal – 3 countries want to move there
- United States and United Kingdom (tie) – 2 countries want to move there
3. Oceania
![Where the world wants to move to - oceania map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.5LiIlNyetVq2sYc9k9K4gi.jpg)
4. South America
![Where the world wants to move to - south america map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.6xyL1NTFXSP7FW372FwJvl.jpg)
5. North America
![Where the world wants to move to - north america map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.2DFg2IKoaJxUwAhuo5hZN9.jpg)
6. Europe
![Where the world wants to move to - europe map](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.1CIsvgUTTim6iPfOzKycrL.jpg)
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![](https://media.remitly.io/where_the_world_wants_to_move_to.70M3wrHDcyheyGAw97uO70.jpg)