# **Table 2 - Emigration rates by educational attaiment and country of birth (1990-2000) (1/6)**

|||**Situation**|**in 1990**||||**Situation**|**in 2000**|||**Brain drain ch**|**ange 2000/1990**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**_Reliability_**<br>**_rate_**|**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Primary**<br>**education**|<br>**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Secondary**<br>**education**|<br> <br>**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Tertiary**<br>**education**|<br>**Migration**<br>**rate - all**<br>**education**<br>**groups**|<br>**_Reliability_**<br>**_rate_**|**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Primary**<br>**education**|<br>**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Secondary**<br>**education**|<br>**Migration**<br>**rate -**<br>**Tertiary**<br>**education**|<br>**Migration**<br>**rate - all**<br>**education**<br>**groups**|<br>**Variation in**<br>**percentage points**<br>**(*)**|<br>**Ratio (rate in**<br>**2000 / rate in**<br>**1990) (*)**|
|**AMERICA**|||||||||||||
|**Northern America**||**1.4%**|**0.6%**|**0.8%**|**0.8%**||**0.8%**|**0.6%**|**1.0%**|**0.8%**|**0.17%**|**1.21**|
|Canada|_98.0%_|3.7%|5.1%|4.8%|4.7%|_98.2%_|1.7%|5.0%|4.9%|4.3%|0.2%|1.03|
|United States|_85.2%_|1.0%|0.2%|0.4%|0.3%|_86.8%_|0.6%|0.2%|0.5%|0.4%|0.1%|1.28|
|**Central America**||**5.6%**|**10.4%**|**12.9%**|**7.3%**||**8.1%**|**15.6%**|**16.1%**|**11.0%**|**3.11%**|**1.24**|
|Belize|_99.9%_|5.0%|48.6%|62.6%|22.8%|_99.9%_|3.6%|49.2%|51.0%|18.4%|-11.6%|0.81|
|Costa Rica|_99.0%_|0.6%|7.5%|7.7%|2.6%|_99.3%_|0.8%|9.4%|6.6%|3.0%|-1.1%|0.86|
|El Salvador|_99.3%_|8.2%|38.5%|32.9%|14.4%|_99.4%_|11.2%|53.6%|31.5%|20.2%|-1.4%|0.96|
|Guatemala|_99.7%_|2.1%|18.9%|18.2%|4.3%|_99.9%_|3.5%|22.8%|21.5%|6.9%|3.2%|1.18|
|Honduras|_99.6%_|1.6%|13.2%|21.1%|4.0%|_99.8%_|3.2%|21.3%|21.8%|6.9%|0.7%|1.03|
|Mexico|_99.9%_|6.5%|8.9%|10.4%|7.4%|_99.9%_|9.5%|14.3%|14.3%|11.5%|3.9%|1.38|
|Nicaragua|_99.7%_|2.3%|23.9%|29.0%|7.7%|_99.8%_|2.5%|19.1%|30.9%|8.9%|1.9%|1.07|
|Panama|_99.6%_|1.1%|9.6%|21.7%|7.7%|_99.7%_|0.9%|8.7%|20.0%|7.5%|-1.8%|0.92|
|**The Caribbean**||**4.8%**|**17.6%**|**41.4%**|**11.6%**||**5.1%**|**17.8%**|**40.9%**|**13.9%**|**-0.53%**|**0.99**|
|Antigua and Barbuda|_99.8%_|7.0%|31.7%|65.3%|27.6%|_99.9%_|6.0%|35.9%|70.9%|36.7%|5.6%|1.09|
|Bahamas, The|_99.7%_|3.7%|11.7%|38.3%|11.0%|_99.8%_|1.5%|12.1%|36.4%|12.2%|-1.9%|0.95|
|Barbados|_99.8%_|14.1%|24.8%|63.5%|26.4%|_100.0%_|9.9%|24.3%|61.4%|27.8%|-2.1%|0.97|
|Cuba|_99.7%_|5.4%|11.9%|31.0%|10.5%|_99.1%_|5.5%|9.4%|28.9%|10.5%|-2.1%|0.93|
|Dominica|_97.7%_|16.6%|62.1%|58.9%|32.0%|_96.9%_|8.0%|60.6%|58.9%|32.1%|0.0%|1.00|
|Dominican Republic|_97.5%_|3.8%|23.6%|17.9%|7.9%|_98.1%_|5.8%|30.9%|21.7%|12.5%|3.8%|1.21|
|Grenada|_99.8%_|7.5%|61.1%|68.8%|30.5%|_100.0%_|9.9%|69.5%|66.7%|40.1%|-2.0%|0.97|
|Haiti|_99.9%_|2.1%|23.7%|78.3%|7.3%|_99.9%_|2.5%|27.5%|81.6%|10.2%|3.3%|1.04|
|Jamaica|_99.8%_|11.0%|28.9%|84.1%|25.6%|_100.0%_|8.3%|30.0%|82.5%|29.0%|-1.7%|0.98|
|Saint Kitts and Nevis|_99.7%_|10.8%|21.4%|89.9%|28.9%|_100.0%_|10.3%|37.1%|71.8%|38.5%|-18.0%|0.80|
|Saint Lucia|_99.7%_|1.9%|46.8%|80.4%|11.6%|_99.9%_|2.6%|32.1%|36.0%|14.0%|-44.4%|0.45|
|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|_99.8%_|5.9%|56.7%|89.8%|22.4%|_99.9%_|6.3%|53.4%|56.8%|28.0%|-33.0%|0.63|
|Trinidad and Tobago|_99.7%_|5.7%|19.3%|77.2%|18.9%|_100.0%_|6.1%|20.6%|78.4%|23.7%|1.2%|1.02|
|**South America**||**0.2%**|**2.5%**|**4.7%**|**1.0%**||**0.4%**|**3.0%**|**5.7%**|**1.5%**|**1.03%**|**1.22**|
|Argentina|_94.8%_|0.3%|1.1%|3.3%|0.9%|_94.3%_|0.3%|1.1%|2.5%|0.9%|-0.8%|0.75|
|Bolivia|_95.4%_|0.1%|1.9%|5.9%|1.0%|_98.1%_|0.3%|4.6%|6.0%|1.8%|0.1%|1.01|
|Brazil|_62.5%_|0.1%|0.9%|1.7%|0.3%|_47.2%_|0.1%|1.5%|3.3%|0.6%|non reliab.|non reliab.|
|Chile|_82.5%_|0.6%|1.9%|6.3%|1.7%|_97.9%_|0.8%|1.8%|5.3%|1.9%|-1.0%|0.85|
|Colombia|_97.0%_|0.5%|3.9%|9.2%|1.8%|_98.2%_|0.8%|4.6%|11.0%|2.7%|1.8%|1.19|
|Ecuador|_98.0%_|0.8%|8.7%|5.4%|2.7%|_97.0%_|2.4%|10.6%|10.9%|5.6%|5.5%|2.02|
|Guyana|_98.8%_|10.9%|30.6%|89.2%|28.0%|_100.0%_|13.7%|34.1%|85.9%|34.5%|-3.3%|0.96|
|Paraguay|_96.8%_|0.2%|0.8%|3.2%|0.6%|_96.2%_|0.2%|0.7%|2.3%|0.5%|-0.8%|0.74|