Share of foreign-born players by World Cup

Percentage of players born in one country who represented another at a FIFA World Cup finals. Note: No finals in 1942 or 1946.

Column chart showing percentage of foreign-born players at each World Cup finals from 1930 to 2026

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Chart: 1930-2018, Gijs van Campenhout, Jacco van Sterkenburg, Gijsbert Oonk, Who Counts as a Migrant Footballer?; 2022-26 Adam Sawyer.Created with Datawrapper