Human Capital Demography, health systems & work

Migration restriction

Rich countries are tightening visas, asylum rules and enforcement while their ageing economies depend on migrant workers for care, construction and farming, so restriction now sets labour supply in essential sectors.

Rank: 175; of 250 trends
Attention intensity: 0.52×; 1× is the typical trend
Attention index: 52; 100 is the typical trend
Change: −1%; WoW
Volatility: ±3%; Stable

The week ending 7 Nov 2026, World. Volatility is the typical weekly move over the last 26 weeks. How these are measured.

Regional Attention

By region

2.1×

#123

1.3×

#123

1.1×

#154

1.1×

#166

1.0×

#146

0.70×

#177

0.67×

#175

0.53×

#190

0.49×

#179

0.39×

#220

This trend’s attention intensity in each region, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 11.

By bloc

1.3×

#123

1.0×

#155

0.98×

#152

0.73×

#181

0.64×

#171

0.58×

#191

0.46×

#194

0.46×

#200

0.45×

#222

0.44×

#208

This trend’s attention intensity in each bloc, the average of its member countries, and its rank there: the 10 highest of 13.

By country

11×

#21

7.6×

#50

5.3×

#61

3.5×

#62

3.5×

#71

2.8×

#74

2.0×

#97

2.0×

#103

1.4×

#141

1.3×

#110

This trend’s attention intensity in each country, and its rank among the 250 trends there: the 10 highest of 49.

Attention Index over time

The attention index, worldwide and in each region: 100 is the typical trend in each place, the median of every trend's attention there over the past 52 weeks.

Attention to Migration restriction, by place

Attention index, a four-week rolling average, on a log scale. 100 is the typical trend in each place, so a line at 1,000 is ten times the typical trend’s attention there. A country chosen at the top of the page is drawn beside its region and the world. Select a place below to bring its line forward.