The urban Indian’s love for Uncle Sam’s (US) land refuses to wane.
Gallup, a research-based strategic consulting firm, has found that about 1 Crore Indians still dream of a life in the United States of America.
India ranks 3rd in the overall list of countries in terms of the number of people who want to migrate to the US, says a Gallup survey.
Highlights Survey Findings..!
* The survey is based on aggregated telephone & face to face interviews with above 5 lakh adults, aged 15 and older, in 154 countries from 2010 to 2012.
* The 154 countries surveyed represent more than 98% of the world's adult population.
* Potential migrants, who would like to move to the US, are logically the most likely to come from some of the most populous countries in the world.
* About 1 crore or more adults would like to move to the US permanently from China, Nigeria, and India.
* The survey explains that this is likely because of economic opportunities in that country and the established networks of potential migrants.
* In the survey, the US once again tied with Germany in 2012 as the country with the highest leadership approval ratings in the world.But, when it comes to a desired place to live permanently, no other country compares with the US.
* Nearly 13% of the world's adults, or / nearly 63 Crore people, say they would like to leave their country and move somewhere else permanently.
* For about 13.80 Crore people, that somewhere else would be the US, the No. 1 desired destination for potential migrants.
* The UK, Canada, and France also rank among the top choices for potential migrants.
* Other populous countries, like Iran & Pakistan, do not have large groups of people who say they would like to move to the US permanently.
* Instead, Pakistanis most desire to relocate to Saudi Arabia and the UK and Iranians would prefer to move to Jordan or Lebanon. “This is not surprising, as Iranians and Pakistanis have some of the lowest US leadership approval ratings in the world,” the survey says.
* The percentage of people in each country, who would like to move to the US permanently, is perhaps more interesting.
* A staggering 37% of Liberians say that they would like to relocate to the US permanently.
* One in 4 adults or more in Sierra Leone, the Dominican Republic and Haiti would also like to move to the US permanently.
* The 3 countries with the highest percentages of people who would like to relocate to the US permanently are in Africa, seven in Central America and the Caribbean, with the remaining country, Cambodia, in Asia.
Country Name No.of US aspirants (in Million)
China 19
Nigeria 13
India 10
Brazil 6
Bangaladesh 6
Mexico 5
Phillippines 4
Japan 4
UK 3
Kenya 3
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