Iran ranks first in the world, in brain drain; with around 25% of its educated people currently living in developed countries.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the emigration of educated Iranians abroad has increased remarkably; every year, from 150 to 180,000 people leave the country behind, which is equivalent to a whopping 150 billion dollars’ worth of capital.
A government-own media outlet, known as “eqtesad va kasb-o kar” (meaning “economic and business”) addresses this increase, which is especially notable since 1979, when the anti-royal revolution took place. Prior to the revolution, only a maximum of 50,000 people would emigrate every year; but that’s no longer the case. Whilst the population has grown twice as much since, the rate of emigration has gone up by a shocking 140-fold!
In one of its articles, the outlet also shares a statement from an economic consultant in the European Union: “The damage that the ongoing brain drain has done to Iran’s economy is 300 times more than the damage done by the war with Iraq”. It adds: “Based on IMF, Iran has the highest rate of brain drain amongst 91 countries; from 2003 to 2007, 180,000 of Iranian emigrants have been highly qualified, 380 Olympic have been medalists, and 350 top-scoring students from the national University Entrance Exam”. The IMF also reports more than 250,000 Iranian engineers and doctors living across the United States now.
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