The provided table delineates the figures for temporary migrant workers across four countries in the years 2003 and 2006, alongside the per capita representation of such workers per 1,000 individuals in 2006.
Overall, the data reveals a notable upward trend in the number of temporary migrant workers in each of the four nations during the specified period, with distinct variations in both total counts and per capita figures.
In 2003, the United States recorded the highest number of temporary migrant workers at 577,000, a number that saw a substantial increase to 678,000 by 2006. The United Kingdom followed, with temporary workers rising from 137,000 in 2003 to 266,000 in 2006. Australia and New Zealand exhibited similar upward trends, with Australia experiencing a growth from 152,000 to 219,000 and New Zealand from 65,000 to 87,000 during the same period. Despite these increases, the absolute figures in Australia and New Zealand remained significantly lower than those of the United States and the United Kingdom.
When considering the number of temporary migrant workers per 1,000 population in 2006, New Zealand emerged prominently with 21.1 workers per 1,000 people, indicating a robust integration of migrant labor into its workforce. Australia followed with a rate of 10.7 per 1,000. In contrast, both the United Kingdom and the United States exhibited much lower ratios, with the United Kingdom at 4.4 per 1,000 and the United States at a mere 2.3 per 1,000. These figures suggest a more limited reliance on temporary migrant workers in the latter two countries, despite their higher overall numbers.