WTMG Intelligence
China Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of China's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score62.2253
Global RMOS Rank#63 of 171
Migration Momentum82.0
International Migrant Stock1,638,718
Migrant Share0.1%
MethodologyRMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
Data Coverage100.0%
This profile describes structural relocation-market conditions. It does not represent WTMG customer demand, leads, transactions or revenue.
RMOS-GLOBAL-1.0
China's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS62.2253
Global rank#63
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 36.8%
Migrant-stock rank#40 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#40 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 82.0 | 25% | 20.5044 |
| Migrant Market Size | 77.2 | 20% | 15.4386 |
| Migrant Share | 1.2 | 15% | 0.1765 |
| GDP per Capita | 59.6 | 15% | 8.9326 |
| GDP Growth | 78.5 | 10% | 7.8531 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 70.7 | 10% | 7.0702 |
| Visa Accessibility | 45.0 | 5% | 2.2500 |
| Stored final RMOS | 62.2253 | ||
China migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
China Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock1,638,718
2020 migrant stock1,415,116
2015 migrant stock1,196,007
2020-2024 change+223,602 (+15.8%)
2015-2024 change+442,711 (+37.0%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into China
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Vietnam | 88,254 | 75,187 | 52,155 | +13,067 (+17.4%) |
| #2 | South Korea | 65,073 | 60,578 | 86,238 | +4,495 (+7.4%) |
| #3 | USA | 60,434 | 55,280 | 63,341 | +5,154 (+9.3%) |
| #4 | Japan | 40,436 | 37,470 | 50,193 | +2,966 (+7.9%) |
| #5 | Canada | 23,177 | 20,917 | 20,594 | +2,260 (+10.8%) |
| #6 | Russia | 21,040 | 7,592 | 8,653 | +13,448 (+177.1%) |
| #7 | Australia | 13,927 | 12,610 | 13,046 | +1,317 (+10.4%) |
| #8 | Germany | 12,294 | 11,242 | 12,840 | +1,052 (+9.4%) |
| #9 | France | 10,089 | 9,317 | 11,949 | +772 (+8.3%) |
| #10 | Malaysia | 9,810 | 8,948 | 9,977 | +862 (+9.6%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from China
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | USA | 2,488,775 | 2,255,170 | 2,101,592 | +233,605 (+10.4%) |
| #2 | Japan | 809,893 | 917,070 | 758,791 | -107,177 (-11.7%) |
| #3 | Canada | 771,973 | 721,158 | 737,086 | +50,815 (+7.0%) |
| #4 | South Korea | 756,684 | 751,745 | 662,499 | +4,939 (+0.7%) |
| #5 | Australia | 656,264 | 632,690 | 509,635 | +23,574 (+3.7%) |
| #6 | Singapore | 533,745 | 509,007 | 532,271 | +24,738 (+4.9%) |
| #7 | Italy | 240,895 | 241,671 | 192,597 | -776 (-0.3%) |
| #8 | Bangladesh | 219,299 | 159,619 | 162,772 | +59,680 (+37.4%) |
| #9 | Spain | 198,909 | 190,373 | 162,210 | +8,536 (+4.5%) |
| #10 | Kazakhstan | 196,398 | 179,583 | 156,368 | +16,815 (+9.4%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
70.7
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 5 covered WTLG cities.
Explore China Destination Intelligence on WhereToLiveGuideWTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
45.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 45.0, based on 5 contributing cities.
China against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | China | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 62.2 | 55.8 | +6.5 |
| Migration Momentum | 82.0 | 60.1 | +21.9 |
| Migrant Market Size | 77.2 | 50.3 | +26.9 |
| Migrant Share | 1.2 | 50.0 | -48.8 |
| GDP per Capita | 59.6 | 51.1 | +8.4 |
| GDP Growth | 78.5 | 50.6 | +28.0 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 70.7 | 67.0 | +3.7 |
| Visa Accessibility | 45.0 | 60.0 | -15.0 |
Data years and limitations
- UN migrant stock and corridors: 2024; momentum compares 2024 with 2020 and 2015.
- World Bank GDP inputs use the actual observation years shown above.
- WTLG destination data reflects the current stored WTLG dataset and depends on covered WTLG cities.
- RMOS measures structural opportunity, not actual demand; migrant stock is not annual migration flow.
- Different datasets have different update cycles.
- This profile does not estimate provider revenue or demand for a specific professional service.