The table depicts data on how many migrant laborers were recruited in four major countries between 2003 and 2006, as well as the figures per 1000 people who joined in these countries in the year 2006.
It is clear that there was a upward trend in terms of the number of people who worked as migrant workers in each country.
Of the four countries, the US had the highest number of people participating in the labor market between 2003 and 2006, with 577,000 and 678,000 respectively. The second largest figure was in the UK, which was only about one-sixth the size of the US in 2003, at roughly 140,000. However, this number nearly doubled in 2006 to 266,000. Notably, the rate per 1,000 people in 2006 was also significantly higher in the UK at 4.4, compared to the US.
On the other hand, it can be seen that New Zealand had the lowest number of people for temporary employment in 2003, with an estimated 65,000 people migrating. However, the proportion in the average labor force in 2006 jumped to 21.1%, reaching a record high compared to any of the other countries. Similarly, Australia had slightly more than twice as many employees as New Zealand, but the percentage of migrants per capita, around 10.7%, was less than half that of New Zealand, as shown in the table.