WTMG Intelligence
Türkiye Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of Türkiye's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score70.7190
Global RMOS Rank#27 of 171
Migration Momentum70.6
International Migrant Stock7,083,501
Migrant Share8.3%
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
Türkiye's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS70.7190
Global rank#27
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 15.8%
Migrant-stock rank#10 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#63 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 70.6 | 25% | 17.6535 |
| Migrant Market Size | 94.7 | 20% | 18.9474 |
| Migrant Share | 60.0 | 15% | 9.0000 |
| GDP per Capita | 64.0 | 15% | 9.6067 |
| GDP Growth | 49.2 | 10% | 4.9153 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.0 | 10% | 7.0961 |
| Visa Accessibility | 70.0 | 5% | 3.5000 |
| Stored final RMOS | 70.7190 | ||
Türkiye migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
Türkiye Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock7,083,501
2020 migrant stock6,580,295
2015 migrant stock3,750,982
2020-2024 change+503,206 (+7.6%)
2015-2024 change+3,332,519 (+88.8%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into Türkiye
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Syria | 3,563,983 | 3,830,526 | 2,102,261 | -266,543 (-7.0%) |
| #2 | Iraq | 403,670 | 470,584 | 170,324 | -66,914 (-14.2%) |
| #3 | Germany | 363,563 | 304,600 | 261,210 | +58,963 (+19.4%) |
| #4 | Bulgaria | 348,052 | 363,507 | 380,354 | -15,455 (-4.3%) |
| #5 | Afghanistan | 332,053 | 271,641 | 101,893 | +60,412 (+22.2%) |
| #6 | Iran | 199,735 | 125,721 | 52,639 | +74,014 (+58.9%) |
| #7 | Russia | 193,302 | 60,671 | 32,381 | +132,631 (+218.6%) |
| #8 | Uzbekistan | 128,061 | 75,318 | 32,875 | +52,743 (+70.0%) |
| #9 | Turkmenistan | 119,955 | 116,963 | 22,420 | +2,992 (+2.6%) |
| #10 | Azerbaijan | 117,860 | 91,368 | 49,490 | +26,492 (+29.0%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from Türkiye
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Germany | 1,504,743 | 1,326,045 | 1,303,078 | +178,698 (+13.5%) |
| #2 | France | 260,167 | 259,787 | 259,457 | +380 (+0.1%) |
| #3 | Netherlands | 217,388 | 199,017 | 191,653 | +18,371 (+9.2%) |
| #4 | USA | 176,490 | 144,779 | 136,192 | +31,711 (+21.9%) |
| #5 | Austria | 161,487 | 159,347 | 160,104 | +2,140 (+1.3%) |
| #6 | Belgium | 110,089 | 101,992 | 98,267 | +8,097 (+7.9%) |
| #7 | Switzerland | 86,906 | 82,295 | 78,454 | +4,611 (+5.6%) |
| #8 | Sweden | 58,113 | 52,174 | 46,256 | +5,939 (+11.4%) |
| #9 | Australia | 42,544 | 42,286 | 39,817 | +258 (+0.6%) |
| #10 | Canada | 37,802 | 34,204 | 28,928 | +3,598 (+10.5%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
71.0
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 11 covered WTLG cities.
Explore Türkiye Destination Intelligence on WhereToLiveGuideWTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
70.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 70.0, based on 11 contributing cities.
Türkiye against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | Türkiye | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 70.7 | 55.8 | +15.0 |
| Migration Momentum | 70.6 | 60.1 | +10.5 |
| Migrant Market Size | 94.7 | 50.3 | +44.4 |
| Migrant Share | 60.0 | 50.0 | +10.0 |
| GDP per Capita | 64.0 | 51.1 | +12.9 |
| GDP Growth | 49.2 | 50.6 | -1.4 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 71.0 | 67.0 | +3.9 |
| Visa Accessibility | 70.0 | 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.