WTMG Intelligence
Russia Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Russia's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score67.2842
Global RMOS Rank#43 of 171
Migration Momentum57.5
International Migrant Stock7,605,774
Migrant Share5.3%
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
Russia's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS67.2842
Global rank#43
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 25.1%
Migrant-stock rank#9 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#95 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 57.5 | 25% | 14.3640 |
| Migrant Market Size | 95.3 | 20% | 19.0643 |
| Migrant Share | 50.6 | 15% | 7.5882 |
| GDP per Capita | 63.5 | 15% | 9.5225 |
| GDP Growth | 75.7 | 10% | 7.5706 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 66.7 | 10% | 6.6746 |
| Visa Accessibility | 50.0 | 5% | 2.5000 |
| Stored final RMOS | 67.2842 | ||
Russia migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Russia Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock7,605,774
2020 migrant stock7,297,611
2015 migrant stock9,098,229
2020-2024 change+308,163 (+4.2%)
2015-2024 change-1,492,455 (-16.4%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Russia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ukraine | 2,872,612 | 1,800,051 | 2,318,723 | +1,072,561 (+59.6%) |
| #2 | Kazakhstan | 1,321,004 | 1,635,008 | 2,027,417 | -314,004 (-19.2%) |
| #3 | Uzbekistan | 778,041 | 871,154 | 987,806 | -93,113 (-10.7%) |
| #4 | Tajikistan | 415,676 | 426,230 | 439,437 | -10,554 (-2.5%) |
| #5 | Armenia | 340,512 | 387,853 | 447,149 | -47,341 (-12.2%) |
| #6 | Kyrgyzstan | 333,664 | 399,110 | 480,993 | -65,446 (-16.4%) |
| #7 | Azerbaijan | 308,165 | 423,015 | 565,841 | -114,850 (-27.2%) |
| #8 | Belarus | 255,159 | 381,017 | 536,776 | -125,858 (-33.0%) |
| #9 | Georgia | 139,333 | 215,810 | 310,246 | -76,477 (-35.4%) |
| #10 | Turkmenistan | 87,585 | 112,339 | 143,230 | -24,754 (-22.0%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Russia
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ukraine | 3,375,095 | 3,330,586 | 3,275,758 | +44,509 (+1.3%) |
| #2 | Germany | 1,137,448 | 1,038,231 | 954,413 | +99,217 (+9.6%) |
| #3 | Uzbekistan | 865,767 | 871,047 | 877,690 | -5,280 (-0.6%) |
| #4 | Belarus | 664,610 | 672,481 | 682,362 | -7,871 (-1.2%) |
| #5 | Kazakhstan | 552,258 | 579,845 | 612,650 | -27,587 (-4.8%) |
| #6 | USA | 452,940 | 437,372 | 416,733 | +15,568 (+3.6%) |
| #7 | Tajikistan | 235,636 | 234,998 | 234,154 | +638 (+0.3%) |
| #8 | Türkiye | 193,302 | 60,671 | 32,381 | +132,631 (+218.6%) |
| #9 | Spain | 128,600 | 96,587 | 80,381 | +32,013 (+33.1%) |
| #10 | Israel | 126,688 | 121,455 | 108,084 | +5,233 (+4.3%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
66.7
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 5 covered WTLG cities.
Explore Russia Destination Intelligence on WhereToLiveGuideWTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
50.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 50.0, based on 5 contributing cities.
Russia against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Russia | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 67.3 | 55.8 | +11.5 |
| Migration Momentum | 57.5 | 60.1 | -2.7 |
| Migrant Market Size | 95.3 | 50.3 | +45.0 |
| Migrant Share | 50.6 | 50.0 | +0.6 |
| GDP per Capita | 63.5 | 51.1 | +12.4 |
| GDP Growth | 75.7 | 50.6 | +25.1 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 66.7 | 67.0 | -0.3 |
| Visa Accessibility | 50.0 | 60.0 | -10.0 |
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.