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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13,278 | 20,073 | 21,302 | 22,478 | 23,143 | 23,731 | 26,656 | 23,968 | 26,314 | 25,774 | 26,403 | 27,200 | 27,121 | 26,926 | 29,443 |
| Malaysia | 2,213 | 6,021 | 5,764 | 5,152 | 5,376 | 5,826 | 6,006 | 6,267 | 6,455 | 6,127 | 5,906 | 6,179 | 6,480 | 5,839 | 6,651 |
| New Zealand | 3,869 | 5,585 | 5,112 | 5,051 | 4,708 | 5,674 | 5,167 | 6,092 | 5,317 | 5,311 | 5,146 | 5,221 | 5,690 | 5,417 | 6,522 |
| Singapore | 7,720 | 8,036 | 8,878 | 8,738 | 8,604 | 8,579 | 9,009 | 9,345 | 9,379 | 9,321 | 10,270 | 12,409 | 11,487 | 12,566 | |
| Cyprus | 43 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| United Kingdom | 8,928 | 10,697 | 10,155 | 6,439 | 6,916 | 7,865 | 7,966 | 7,844 | 7,934 | 8,183 | 8,771 | 8,076 | 7,189 | 8,659 | 7,263 |
| Jamaica | 77 | 90 | 59 | 142 | 93 | 82 | 97 | 122 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 60 |
| Bahamas, The | 25 | 83 | 75 | 113 | 68 | 34 | 48 | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 154 | 205 | 213 | 174 | 184 | 165 | 133 | 171 | 135 | 112 | 111 | 149 | |||
| Malta | 17 | 93 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| Canada | 24,375 | 35,435 | 34,705 | 30,899 | 30,357 | 30,533 | 30,174 | 31,283 | 32,687 | 30,667 | 30,969 | 31,812 | 32,250 | 30,113 | 32,445 |
| India | 2,673 | 6,332 | 19,661 | 30,909 | 33,450 | 34,402 | 32,362 | 30,814 | 33,079 | 31,858 | 31,621 | 33,766 | 34,173 | 33,630 | 35,306 |
| Pakistan | 524 | 1,149 | 1,141 | 980 | 861 | 798 | 783 | 776 | 677 | 636 | 505 | 586 | 561 | 562 | 567 |
| Sri Lanka | 83 | 250 | 211 | 235 | 235 | 188 | 263 | 293 | 266 | 260 | 255 | 251 | 273 | ||
| Ghana | 20 | 17 | 11 | 39 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 246 | 747 | 676 | 869 | 150 | 180 | 509 | 683 | 598 | ||||||
| Kenya | 59 | 120 | 122 | 136 | 114 | 75 | 56 | 59 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 37 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 100 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Malawi | 33 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mauritius | 3 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 14 | |||
| Gambia, The | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 91 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 4 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Zambia | 50 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 13 | |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
| Samoa | 99 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 76 | 248 | 294 | 276 | 269 | 287 | 243 | 249 | 299 | 267 | 241 | 299 | 345 | 362 | 373 |
| Barbados | 76 | 88 | 71 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 31 | ||||||
| Botswana | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Seychelles | 14 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 28 | |||||||||
| Eswatini | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Grenada | 26 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
| St. Lucia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 4,943 | 2,400 | 6,001 | 5,562 | 6,589 | 6,836 | 6,657 | 6,750 | 6,608 | 6,506 | 6,816 | 6,258 | 6,347 | 6,146 | 9,156 |
| Guyana | 6 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 18 | |||||||
| Namibia | 158 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 21 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 91 | 73 | 99 | 95 | 133 | 115 | 137 | ||||
| Dominica | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||
| Mozambique | 8 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 46 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 16 | |
| Belize | 33 | 49 | 51 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 27 | |||
| Papua New Guinea | 79 | 46 | 33 | 63 | 53 | 29 | |||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Tonga | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tuvalu | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 |