Kathmandu. The number of millionaires migrating to another country around the world is increasing steadily.
According to the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2026, a record 1.65 million people are expected to migrate this year. Last year, in 2025, about 14.22 million millionaires left their country.
In 2024, this number had increased to 134. In 2013, it was only 51,000.
Wealthy families are now migrating not only for tax breaks, but also for stability, security and better investment opportunities. The UAE is now the most preferred country to live in with a score of 85.3.
Many U.S. wealthy families want to leave the country
The U.S. Asset Dynamics Score is only 62.3. The United States has the highest number of people seeking citizenship from other countries. Such applications doubled in 2025 and the pace continued in 2026. Only 7 percent of the applications came from Americans living abroad. The rest came from wealthy people living in the country. Half of these are in Europe, and more than a quarter are in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Increasing migration to the UK
2024. Applications from UK addresses increased by 15 per cent on May 25. In 2026, 53 per cent of applications from UK addresses will be from foreign nationals. This means that almost half of the British citizens were there. In 2018, this share was only 8 percent. In 2018, the UK was the 20th largest source market. Now, it’s in the top 5.
new platform of the UAE rich
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UAE has the highest score of 85.3. Most of the demand is from expatriate businessmen looking for options based in the UAE. These rich people want to use the UAE as a platform.
Greece benefits from stricter rules in Spain and Portugal
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Almost half of investment-citizenship applications in Greece are for European countries such as Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands and Cyprus. Greece is directly benefiting from the cancellation of Spain’s golden visa and Portugal’s removal of the land route. –Agency
