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Which nations support open borders…Vietnam…and more

The World Values Survey has a question about immigration policy with four options:
– Let anyone come
– As long as jobs available
– Strict limits
– Prohibit people from coming
I used WVS 2005-2008 from 57 countries first. Then I filled out the countries with the
Four-wave Aggregate of the Values Studies, the combined file of the four waves carried out by both the EVS and WVS. I bring this up because there are discrepancies between the two where there are duplications.
Again Vietnam is at the top of the list. Perhaps Will Wilkson should have picked another country to trade in his American citizenship with? In any case, results below.


Untitled Document

% Open Borders % Close borders MeanPro-Immigration/Anti-Immigration
Vietnam49.5
B. Faso43.3
Rwanda41.4
Ethiopia40.4
Mali34
Albania30.5
Morocco28.5
Nigeria27.7
Romania23.5
Peru22.8
India22.6
Ukraine20.9
China19.7
Belarus18.7
Algeria18.5
Sweden18.2
Ghana18.2
Bosnia16.5
Pakistan16.3
S. Arabia16.3
Venezuela15.6
Kyrgyzstan14.8
Argentina14.8
Serbia14.2
Philippines13.7
Puerto Rico13.2
Bulgaria13.2
Moldova13.1
Macedonia12.9
Poland12.5
Uganda12.1
Mexico12
Portugal11.6
Zimbabwe11.5
Zambia11
Russia10.3
Brazil9.2
Georgia9
Finland8.9
Tanzania8.8
Turkey8.6
Ireland8.3
Italy8.1
Canada7.9
Northern Ireland7.9
Spain7.7
Denmark7.4
Luxembourg7.4
Slovenia7.3
Latvia7
Germany7
Iceland7
Estonia6.9
USA6.8
Cyprus6.5
Hong Kong6.5
Chile6.4
Greece6.2
Belgium6.1
S. Africa6
Switzerland5.9
Indonesia5.8
France5.6
Bangladesh5.5
Andorra5.4
Thailand5.2
Egypt5.2
Iran5.1
Austria4.8
Croatia4.5
Lithuania4.4
Britain4.3
Netherlands4
Singapore4
Trinidad3.6
Australia3.3
S. Korea3.3
Japan2.9
Czech Republic2.9
Slovakia2.6
Taiwan2.6
Hungary2.1
Jordan2
Malaysia1.8
N. Zealand1.7
Malta1.5
S. Africa30.1
India29.7
Hungary26.8
Iran26.7
Egypt26.5
Macedonia25.7
Jordan24.9
Malta23
Lithuania22.7
Turkey21.2
Slovakia19.7
Latvia18.7
Malaysia18.2
Mexico17.2
Georgia16.2
Belarus16.2
Zambia14.7
Russia14.2
Thailand13.9
Serbia13.8
Kyrgyzstan13.7
Britain13.1
Pakistan12.8
Bangladesh12.3
Croatia12.2
Estonia12.1
Morocco11.3
Brazil10.8
Romania10.7
Moldova10.6
France10.4
Belgium9.9
Philippines9.9
Trinidad9.5
Venezuela9.3
Zimbabwe9.1
Taiwan8.8
Chile8.6
China8.4
Indonesia7.9
Albania7.9
Slovenia7.8
USA7.6
Greece7.5
Bulgaria7.5
Czech Republic7.2
Algeria6.9
Ukraine6.8
Cyprus6.8
Ghana6.5
Bosnia6.5
Italy6.4
Peru6.3
Poland6.3
Argentina6.2
Northern Ireland5.6
Tanzania5.5
Puerto Rico5.5
S. Arabia5.2
S. Korea4.9
Ethiopia4.8
Germany4.7
Japan4.6
Austria4.5
Netherlands4
Portugal3.8
Mali3.7
Nigeria3.3
Hong Kong3.2
Spain3.1
Uganda3
Ireland2.9
Denmark2.7
Finland2.7
Rwanda2.4
N. Zealand2.2
Australia2.2
Canada1.9
Singapore1.9
Luxembourg1.8
B. Faso1.5
Switzerland1.1
Sweden1.1
Vietnam1
Iceland0.9
Andorra0.7
Hungary2.11
Malaysia2.07
S. Africa2.02
Iran1.99
Jordan1.93
Egypt1.91
Malta1.9
Thailand1.88
Slovakia1.87
Indonesia1.82
M
acedonia
1.8
Georgia1.79
Latvia1.78
Lithuania1.77
Croatia1.76
Taiwan1.73
Czech Republic1.71
Trinidad1.71
Britain1.7
Singapore1.7
Tanzania1.69
Belgium1.67
France1.66
Philippines1.64
Denmark1.64
Zambia1.62
India1.62
Estonia1.62
Turkey1.61
Netherlands1.61
Serbia1.6
Cyprus1.58
USA1.57
Japan1.56
Northern Ireland1.55
N. Zealand1.53
Bangladesh1.51
Greece1.5
Puerto Rico1.49
Mexico1.48
Russia1.48
Germany1.48
Poland1.46
Brazil1.46
Chile1.46
Finland1.45
Belarus1.44
Hong Kong1.44
Austria1.43
S. Korea1.42
Australia1.42
Italy1.41
Spain1.4
Ireland1.4
Kyrgyzstan1.39
Slovenia1.37
Pakistan1.37
Luxembourg1.35
Canada1.35
Moldova1.35
Uganda1.34
Zimbabwe1.33
Argentina1.32
Ghana1.31
Venezuela1.29
Iceland1.28
S. Arabia1.27
Bulgaria1.26
Algeria1.25
Switzerland1.22
Romania1.21
Portugal1.19
Bosnia1.18
Andorra1.18
China1.18
Morocco1.14
Ukraine1.12
Sweden1.11
Peru1.11
Nigeria1.07
Albania1.02
Ethiopia0.96
Mali0.9
Vietnam0.75
Rwanda0.72
B. Faso0.7
Rwanda8.52
B. Faso7.47
Mali4
Andorra3.37
Vietnam3.26
Albania3.03
Ukraine2.8
Switzerland2.72
Portugal2.7
Peru2.65
Sweden2.53
Bosnia2.52
China2.41
Morocco2.24
Nigeria2.24
Bulgaria2.18
Ethiopia2.16
Iceland1.98
Romania1.94
Venezuela1.87
Zimbabwe1.85
Algeria1.76
Slovenia1.71
Moldova1.7
S. Arabia1.61
Kyrgyzstan1.53
Argentina1.49
S. Korea1.46
Luxembourg1.46
Canada1.45
Pakistan1.44
Ghana1.35
Mexico1.35
Australia1.33
Italy1.32
Uganda1.31
Chile1.3
Austria1.29
Russia1.29
Brazil1.26
Bangladesh1.25
Spain1.24
Ireland1.22
Belarus1.14
Hong Kong1.14
Turkey1.06
Greece1.05
Germany1.01
Finland0.96
Poland0.92
N. Zealand0.9
Japan0.83
India0.82
Puerto Rico0.78
Estonia0.77
USA0.77
Northern Ireland0.76
Cyprus0.73
Zambia0.7
Lithuania0.69
Serbia0.66
Netherlands0.65
France0.65
Britain0.62
Belgium0.59
Trinidad0.54
Latvia0.51
Czech Republic0.5
Taiwan0.49
Macedonia0.48
Croatia0.47
Philippines0.47
Malta0.46
Denmark0.45
Egypt0.43
Slovakia0.43
Jordan0.42
Tanzania0.39
Singapore0.39
Georgia0.39
Iran0.29
S. Africa0.29
Thailand0.27
Indonesia0.26
Hungary0.17
Malaysia0.11

The table is rather self-explanatory. The first four columns show the proportion sorted for the two most extreme positions, open borders vs. closed borders. In the fifth & sixth columns you see the result of my converting the categorical responses into ordinal values, so that 0 = open borders and 3 = closed borders, with the two moderate positions 1 & 2. So the higher values mean that the population more sympathetic to that closed than open borders. A uniform distribution would = 1.5. Finally, you also have the ratio between open and closed borders where the moderate positions are added to the extremes.

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