Figure 1: Nearly half of the world’s international migrants are women and girls
Female migrants (% international migrant stock)
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47.0
2017
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
48.8
1990
48.9
1995
49.0
2000
47.4
2005
47.0
2010
46.9
2015
47.0
2017
Own elaboration based on United Nations Population Division, Trends in International Migrant Stock.