WTMG Intelligence
UAE Relocation Market Intelligence
A data-driven view of UAE's structural relocation market using migration, economic, destination-attractiveness and corridor indicators.
RMOS Score84.8174
Global RMOS Rank#1 of 171
Migration Momentum80.3
International Migrant Stock8,157,000
Migrant Share74.2%
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
UAE's RMOS position
Authoritative RMOS84.8174
Global rank#1
Countries scored171
Top positionTop 0.6%
Migrant-stock rank#7 of 172
Migration-momentum rank#43 of 172
RMOS component breakdown
Weighted contributions reconcile to the stored authoritative RMOS score.
| Component | Normalized score | Weight | Weighted contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migration Momentum | 80.3 | 25% | 20.0658 |
| Migrant Market Size | 96.5 | 20% | 19.2982 |
| Migrant Share | 100.0 | 15% | 15.0000 |
| GDP per Capita | 87.6 | 15% | 13.1461 |
| GDP Growth | 65.0 | 10% | 6.4972 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 70.6 | 10% | 7.0601 |
| Visa Accessibility | 75.0 | 5% | 3.7500 |
| Stored final RMOS | 84.8174 | ||
UAE migration-market scale
Source years are shown separately because the underlying datasets update on different cycles.
MMS-1.0
UAE Migration Momentum
These are changes in international migrant stock, not annual migration flows.
2024 migrant stock8,157,000
2020 migrant stock7,184,000
2015 migrant stock6,859,000
2020-2024 change+973,000 (+13.5%)
2015-2024 change+1,298,000 (+18.9%)
Largest migrant-stock origins into UAE
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Origin | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 3,248,545 | 2,861,045 | 2,731,583 | +387,500 (+13.5%) |
| #2 | Bangladesh | 1,024,949 | 902,689 | 861,853 | +122,260 (+13.5%) |
| #3 | Pakistan | 932,356 | 821,140 | 783,994 | +111,216 (+13.5%) |
| #4 | Egypt | 841,883 | 741,460 | 707,918 | +100,423 (+13.5%) |
| #5 | Philippines | 528,527 | 465,483 | 444,426 | +63,044 (+13.5%) |
| #6 | Indonesia | 298,351 | 262,762 | 250,877 | +35,589 (+13.5%) |
| #7 | Yemen | 192,423 | 169,470 | 161,805 | +22,953 (+13.5%) |
| #8 | Jordan | 158,125 | 139,263 | 132,965 | +18,862 (+13.5%) |
| #9 | Sri Lanka | 112,759 | 99,309 | 94,817 | +13,450 (+13.5%) |
| #10 | Kuwait | 63,192 | 55,654 | 53,137 | +7,538 (+13.5%) |
Largest destinations for migrants from UAE
2024 international migrant stock, not annual relocation flow.
| Rank | Destination | 2024 migrant stock | 2020 stock | 2015 stock | 2020-2024 change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Canada | 36,578 | 28,236 | 21,677 | +8,342 (+29.5%) |
| #2 | Kuwait | 28,593 | 26,077 | 22,465 | +2,516 (+9.6%) |
| #3 | India | 19,941 | 20,869 | 22,376 | -928 (-4.4%) |
| #4 | Australia | 17,673 | 13,588 | 8,122 | +4,085 (+30.1%) |
| #5 | Türkiye | 12,928 | 7,489 | 2,384 | +5,439 (+72.6%) |
| #6 | Bahrain | 7,139 | 6,679 | 6,131 | +460 (+6.9%) |
| #7 | Mali | 3,990 | 3,555 | 3,030 | +435 (+12.2%) |
| #8 | Libya | 3,130 | 2,961 | 2,766 | +169 (+5.7%) |
| #9 | New Zealand | 2,976 | 2,122 | 1,258 | +854 (+40.2%) |
| #10 | Sri Lanka | 1,707 | 1,688 | 1,665 | +19 (+1.1%) |
WTLG input
WTLG Destination Attractiveness
70.6
Country median RAS used by RMOS, based on 2 covered WTLG cities.
WTMG provides market intelligence; WTLG provides destination intelligence.WTLG input
Visa Accessibility
75.0
Normalized RMOS component. Underlying median WTLG visa score: 75.0, based on 2 contributing cities.
UAE against the global RMOS universe
A descriptive comparison with the median of currently scored countries.
| Measure | UAE | Global median | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMOS | 84.8 | 55.8 | +29.1 |
| Migration Momentum | 80.3 | 60.1 | +20.1 |
| Migrant Market Size | 96.5 | 50.3 | +46.2 |
| Migrant Share | 100.0 | 50.0 | +50.0 |
| GDP per Capita | 87.6 | 51.1 | +36.5 |
| GDP Growth | 65.0 | 50.6 | +14.4 |
| Destination Attractiveness | 70.6 | 67.0 | +3.6 |
| Visa Accessibility | 75.0 | 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.