Countries for Bangladeshi Workers

The United Kingdom is a high-income work visa destination — not visa-free, not eVisa. Every Bangladeshi worker entering...

Qatar hosts approximately 280,000 Bangladeshi workers — the second-largest expatriate nationality after Indians (~700,00...

## Singapore: Strongest Enforcement, Strongest Worker Protection Infrastructure — Both Are Real Singapore hosts approxi...

For Bangladeshi readers, the United States is a complex destination unlike any other in this series. Approximately 200,0...

The United Arab Emirates hosts an estimated 700,000 to 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers — the third-largest Bangladeshi d...

Canada is home to approximately 120,000 people of Bangladeshi origin (Statistics Canada 2021 Census recorded 75,425; com...

Ireland is a high-income work visa destination in Western Europe — not visa-free, not eVisa. Every Bangladeshi worker se...

Australia is home to approximately 60,000-70,000 people of Bangladeshi origin (ABS 2021 Census recorded 51,491 Banglades...

New Zealand has the smallest Bangladeshi community of these three destinations — 3,552 people of Bangladeshi ethnicity (...

The Netherlands is home to approximately 2,464 Bangladeshi nationals (IOM/Eurostat, January 2024) — a small but establis...

Sweden is the Nordic region's largest economy and home to the biggest Bangladeshi community in Scandinavia — approximate...

Denmark hosts a small but established Bangladeshi community of approximately 1,919 nationals (UNDESA 2020: 1,074 male, 8...

## WARNING: Bahrain Has Banned Recruitment of Bangladeshi Workers Since August 2018 **Bahrain has banned recruitment of...

Saudi Arabia hosts approximately 3.5 million Bangladeshi workers — the LARGEST Bangladeshi diaspora anywhere in the worl...

Germany is home to approximately 19,726 people of Bangladeshi origin (IOM/Eurostat, January 2024) — the largest Banglade...

Portugal hosts an estimated 25,000-40,000 Bangladeshi nationals (a growing community; no single authoritative figure is...

## Brunei: Small Oil-Rich Sultanate with Real Bangladeshi Worker Presence Brunei Darussalam is a small oil-rich sultana...

South Africa has a real, established Bangladeshi community — and it is one of the most physically dangerous places for B...

Mauritius is a real, active labour migration corridor for Bangladeshi workers — and it has documented forced labour expl...

## Maldives: Bangladesh's Closest Major Labour Corridor — Real Jobs, Real Exploitation The Maldives is an archipelago o...

## Malaysia: Southeast Asia's Largest Bangladeshi Worker Destination Malaysia hosts **803,332 documented Bangladeshi wo...

Kuwait hosts approximately 324,100 Bangladeshi workers (PACI end-2025) — the third-largest expat community in Kuwait aft...

Belgium is home to approximately 1,473 Bangladeshi nationals (IOM/Eurostat, January 2024, 832 male / 641 female) — a sma...

Austria hosts approximately 2,747 people of Bangladeshi origin (IOM/Eurostat, January 2024) — the largest of the three s...

Norway hosts a small but growing Bangladeshi community of approximately 1,378 nationals (IOM/Eurostat 2023: 755 male, 62...

Finland hosts a growing Bangladeshi community of approximately 3,880 nationals (IOM/Eurostat 2023: 2,498 male, 1,382 fem...

Italy hosts approximately 162,641 Bangladeshi nationals (ISTAT 2023) — the largest Bangladeshi community in Southern and...

Greece hosts an estimated 28,000-35,000 Bangladeshi nationals (including a significant undocumented population; the exac...

Kenya is East Africa's largest and most dynamic economy, with a population of approximately 56 million people and a GDP...

Oman is home to the LARGEST single Bangladeshi expatriate community in Oman — 637,152 Bangladeshi nationals (NCSI end-20...

South Korea offers Bangladeshi workers what is almost certainly the single best legal labor migration opportunity availa...

Japan's Bangladeshi community is small but the fastest-growing of any developed-country destination — 40,045 people as o...

France hosts an estimated 50,000-80,000 people of Bangladeshi origin — the exact figure is uncertain because French demo...

DISCLAIMER: This page contains time-sensitive legal information about Spain's 2026 extraordinary regularization programm...

Malta is the smallest EU member state (approximately 535,000 population) and the only one in this batch where English is...

Thailand presents TWO realities for Bangladeshi nationals — an emerging labour corridor that may open formally, and a do...

Luxembourg has the smallest Bangladeshi community of any country in this guide — approximately 149 people (IOM/Eurostat,...

Iceland is the smallest and most remote destination in this guide — a volcanic island nation of approximately 390,000 pe...

CRITICAL CURRENT STATUS: In April 2025, Iraq temporarily banned work entry for Bangladeshi nationals, along with Pakista...

## Sri Lanka — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Sri Lanka is an island nation of 22.2 million people i...

British Virgin Islands has the highest GDP per capita in this entire visa-free enrichment set at approximately $38,627 —...

> **Score-honesty notice:** Nigeria's BD relevance score of 11 reflects that Bangladesh has a resident High Commission i...

Switzerland is the hardest legal labor-migration destination in Western Europe for Bangladeshi nationals — and this guid...

Cyprus is an EU member state but is NOT part of the Schengen area — a structural distinction that matters enormously and...

Poland hosts approximately 6,275 registered Bangladeshi nationals (government registration data, November 2025) — a figu...

Czechia hosts approximately 1,237 Bangladeshi nationals (2025 estimate from Czech Ministry of Interior via academic stud...

Romania hosts approximately 8,449 Bangladeshi residence permit holders for employment (IGI official data, August 2025) —...

Despite a score of 11, Guyana has zero relevance as a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is the mos...

Despite a score of 11, India is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is misleading — inflated b...

Despite a score of 11, the Philippines is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The Philippines is the wo...

Despite a score of 11 — the highest on this platform — Russia is one of the **most dangerous destinations in the world f...

Despite a score of 11, Turkey is **not a labour destination for Bangladeshis** — it is the world's **primary transit poi...

Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, approximately 1,500 kilometres east of mainland...

Nepal, home to Mount Everest and eight of the world's fourteen 8,000-metre peaks, shares deep cultural and religious tie...

## Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Trinidad and Tobago is the wealthiest Englis...

## The Bahamas — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers The Bahamas grants Bangladeshi passport holders visa...

Barbados is a high-income Caribbean island nation (GDP per capita $27,490) with a sophisticated tourism economy, English...

St. Kitts and Nevis is the SMALLEST SOVEREIGN STATE in the Western Hemisphere — 47,000 people on 261 sq km. GDP per capi...

The Cook Islands is a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand, located in the South Pacific Ocean...

Hungary's Bangladeshi community is very small — estimated at fewer than 500 individuals, with no authoritative figure av...

Jordan hosts approximately 90,000 Bangladeshi workers — one of the largest Bangladeshi populations in the Levant region....

Lebanon combines one of the world's most abusive kafala (sponsorship) systems with an economic collapse and an active co...

Brazil hosts the largest Bangladeshi community in Latin America — an estimated 6,000-7,388 people (estimates vary by sou...

Despite a score of 10, Mexico has essentially no Bangladeshi community — approximately 29 registered residents according...

Despite a score of 10, Saint Lucia has zero relevance as a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is de...

Despite a score of 10, China is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi workers. The score reflects the resident BD Emb...

Despite a score of 10, Libya is one of the most dangerous destinations in the world for Bangladeshi nationals. The "pres...

Despite a score of 10, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is...

Despite a score of 10, Palau is explicitly closed to easy entry for Bangladeshi nationals. Under Palau **Executive Order...

Bhutan is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. Bhutan has a tightly controlled immigration system that pr...

## Fiji — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Fiji is a Pacific island nation of approximately 900,000 pe...

## Jamaica — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Jamaica is an English-speaking Caribbean island nation o...

Grenada (the "Spice Island") is a small Caribbean nation of 117,000 people, known as the world's second-largest nutmeg p...

IMPORTANT DISAMBIGUATION: This is the Commonwealth of Dominica ("Nature Isle of the Caribbean"), a small island nation o...

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory with the smallest population in this entire visa-free enrichment set — approx...

Tuvalu may not physically exist by the end of this century. The entire country is 26 sq km of coral atolls — smaller tha...

Vietnam is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. Vietnam is itself one of the world's major labour-exporti...

> **Score-honesty notice:** Ethiopia's BD relevance score of 9 reflects that Bangladesh has a resident embassy in Addis...

The US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report **specifically names Bangladeshi nationals** as trafficking vict...

## Zimbabwe: Currency Crisis — Four Collapses in 18 Years ### The Currency Reality Zimbabwe introduced the ZiG (Zimbab...

## Antigua and Barbuda: Smallest Economy in the eVisa Series — Caribbean Tourism Micro-State ### What You Need to Know...

IMPORTANT NOTE ON SCORE: Iran's destination score of 9 is misleading. The score reflects the presence of a Bangladeshi e...

Despite a score of 9, Belize has zero relevance for Bangladeshi labour migration. The score is misleading because Englis...

Despite a score of 9, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has zero relevance as a labour destination for Bangladeshi nation...

Pakistan is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. Pakistan is itself a major Gulf labour exporter. There i...

Despite a score of 9, Indonesia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. Indonesia is itself a **major la...

Despite a score of 9, Algeria is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is driven by the BD Embas...

Despite a score of 9, Namibia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is inflated by English be...

Despite a score of 9, Nauru offers Bangladeshi workers no employment pathway, no community, and no facilitated entry. Th...

Despite a score of 9, San Marino has **zero relevance** as a destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score reflects S...

The score of 9 is a **formality**. Vatican City has no conventional economy, no GDP in the standard sense, no immigratio...

Kiribati is the one country in the entire 35-country visa-free enrichment set where GDP per capita is LOWER than Banglad...

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a US-associated Pacific island nation whose economy is entirely dependent on...

Samoa operates under Fa'a Samoa — the Samoan Way — a deeply communal cultural system that governs daily life through ext...

Vanuatu is the largest of the 6 Pacific countries in this final batch (population ~342,000) but remains an honest-negati...

> **HEALTH EMERGENCY — EBOLA (June 2026):** Uganda is under a **WHO-declared Public Health Emergency of International Co...

## Botswana: Africa's Oldest Democracy, Zero BD Workers, No Migration Incentive ### The Honest Assessment There are ze...

Despite a score of 8, Ecuador has no Bangladeshi labour market. The score reflects Ecuador's eVisa accessibility and the...

DO NOT GO TO MYANMAR. Myanmar has been in civil war since the military coup of February 2021. Armed conflict is escalat...

IMPORTANT: Israel is LEGALLY INACCESSIBLE to Bangladeshi nationals. This is not a political statement — it is a legal fa...

Despite a score of 8, Uzbekistan is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is almost entirely dri...

Despite a score of 8, Egypt is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is driven almost entirely b...

Despite a score of 8, Morocco is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is driven almost entirely...

Despite a score of 8, the Marshall Islands offers Bangladeshi workers no employment pathway, no community, and no facili...

Despite a score of 8, Tonga offers Bangladeshi workers no employment pathway, no community, and no facilitated entry. Th...

Despite a score of 8, Andorra has **zero relevance** as a destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score reflects Ando...

Despite a score of 8, Monaco has **zero relevance** as a destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score reflects Monac...

Rwanda is a small, landlocked nation in East Africa with a population of approximately 14 million and a GDP of $14.25 bi...

## The Gambia — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers The Gambia is NOT a viable wage-employment destinatio...

## Sierra Leone — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Sierra Leone has the strongest Bangladesh connectio...

Lesotho grants visa-free entry to Bangladeshi passport holders for 14 days. However, this access is practically meaningl...

## Zambia: eVisa Works, Mining Economy, But No BD Labor Corridor and South Asian Exploitation Documented ### Mining-Dom...

Kazakhstan is Central Asia's largest economy but is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score of 7 r...

Papua New Guinea is the only country in this Oceania batch with an eVisa system accessible to Bangladeshi nationals — bu...

Despite a score of 6, Ghana is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is driven almost entirely b...

Despite a score of 7, Liberia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. The score is driven almost entirely...

Despite a score of 7, the Solomon Islands offers Bangladeshi workers no employment pathway, no community, and no facilit...

Moldova is one of the few European countries where Bangladeshi nationals can apply for an **eVisa** — making it a genuin...

Serbia is **not a labour destination** for Bangladeshi nationals. It is a **key transit country** on the Western Balkans...

Albania offers an **eVisa** for Bangladeshi nationals — one of only a handful of European countries to do so. BD nationa...

North Macedonia is a landlocked country in the Western Balkans with a population of approximately **1.8 million**. It is...

## Malawi: Wages Below Bangladesh — This Is Not a Destination Country ### The Strongest Honest-Negative Assessment in T...

Despite a score of 6, South Sudan is a **DO NOT GO** destination. The score reflects English as official language — it d...

Croatia issued 12,400 work permits to Bangladeshi nationals in 2024 — making Bangladesh one of the largest sources of no...

Slovenia has been an EU member, Schengen member, and eurozone member since 2007 — the longest-standing member of all thr...

Estonia is Europe's most advanced digital society — and one of the least understood destinations for Bangladeshi workers...

Lithuania has undergone the most dramatic foreign-worker transformation in the entire European Union. In 2020, the count...

Panama is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Panama, no bilateral...

Guatemala is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Guatemala, no bila...

Costa Rica is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Costa Rica, no bi...

Argentina is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Argentina, no bila...

Chile is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Chile, no bilateral la...

Uruguay is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Uruguay, no bilatera...

Paraguay is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Paraguay, no bilate...

Taiwan is a high-income economy with no practical labour or migration pathway for Bangladeshi nationals. The score of 6...

Mongolia is a sparsely populated Central/East Asian country with no practical relevance as a labour destination for Bang...

Bosnia and Herzegovina is **not a labour destination** for Bangladeshi nationals. It is a **transit-route stuck point**...

Kosovo is a **partially recognized state** in the Western Balkans — recognized by approximately **104 UN member states**...

Montenegro is a small Adriatic country in the Western Balkans with a population of approximately **620,000**. It is not...

**MISINFORMATION WARNING:** Multiple visa aggregator websites (VisaGo, embassies.net, and others) **falsely show Banglad...

Armenia places Bangladesh in its **INVITATION-ONLY** visa category — one of the most restrictive classifications, groupe...

Despite a score of 6, Liechtenstein has the **highest GDP per capita of any country on this platform** — approximately $...

DO NOT GO TO CAMBODIA FOR WORK. Cambodia is the epicentre of the Southeast Asian cyber scam compound crisis — one of th...

Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian economy with a GDP per capita **below Bangladesh's level**. It is not a labour desti...

Suriname is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Suriname, no bilate...

Colombia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Colombia, no bilate...

Tajikistan has a **documented, recurring finding of Bangladeshi nationals being subjected to forced labour at constructi...

DO NOT GO TO AFGHANISTAN. Afghanistan is under Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) control since August 2021. The...

Slovakia has among the lowest Bangladesh-relevance of any EU country in this guide: no Bangladesh embassy or consulate (...

Bulgaria completed a historic triple transition between 2025 and 2026: full Schengen membership (January 1, 2025), euro...

Latvia is a small Baltic state with a population of approximately 1.87 million — one of the EU's smallest and most rapid...

El Salvador is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in El Salvador, no...

Peru is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Peru, no bilateral labo...

Cuba is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Cuba, no bilateral labo...

The Dominican Republic is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in the D...

DO NOT GO TO LAOS FOR WORK. Laos hosts some of the most dangerous human trafficking compounds in Southeast Asia — centr...

Turkmenistan is an authoritarian, effectively closed state with **the weakest BD consular coverage of any country on thi...

Tunisia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Tunisia, no bilatera...

Ukraine is an **active war zone**. The US Travel Advisory is **Level 4: Do Not Travel** — the highest warning level. The...

Azerbaijan does **NOT** offer an eVisa to Bangladeshi nationals. This is a documented correction — see the eVisa reversa...

## Djibouti — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Djibouti is a tiny but strategically critical nation at...

## Angola: Post-Civil-War Oil Economy, Africa's Second-Largest Producer ### Context — 27 Years of Civil War Angola's m...

## Somalia: Level 4 — Do Not Travel, Most Dangerous Country in the eVisa Pool ### Security Warning — This Must Be Read...

Honduras is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Honduras, no bilate...

Nicaragua is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Nicaragua, no bila...

Bolivia is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community in Bolivia, no bilatera...

DO NOT GO TO VENEZUELA. Venezuela is a collapsed state. The US State Department travel advisory is Level 4: Do Not Trav...

North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is an effectively **closed country**. There is no legitimate labour,...

Cape Verde (officially Cabo Verde) is a small Atlantic island nation with no relevance as a labour destination for Bangl...

Cameroon is not a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Bangladeshi community, no bilateral labour a...

Equatorial Guinea is an oil-rich authoritarian state with no relevance as a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals...

Gabon is an oil-rich Central African country with no relevance as a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There...

Belarus is an authoritarian state rated **TIP Tier 3** (the worst tier) for state-sponsored forced labour and **Level 4:...

## Madagascar — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Madagascar is the world's fourth-largest island (587,...

## Mozambique — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers ### CRITICAL VISA RESTRICTION Despite being listed a...

## Timor-Leste — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Timor-Leste's economic foundation has shifted dramat...

## Comoros — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Comoros is a labor-EXPORTING country — 200,000 to 350,00...

## Burundi — Visa-Free Country Profile for Bangladeshi Workers Burundi is among the world's five poorest countries. GDP...

Guinea-Bissau requires visa-on-arrival for Bangladeshi nationals (90 days). Henley Passport Index lists Guinea-Bissau as...

Haiti is rated Level 4 'DO NOT TRAVEL' by the US Department of State — the highest possible warning, shared by only 4-5...

## Côte d'Ivoire: World's #1 Cocoa Producer, Child Labor Crisis, Zero BD Workers ### The Honest Assessment Côte d'Ivoi...

## DRC: Level 4 — Do Not Travel, Active Ebola Outbreak, Cobalt Capital of the World ### HEALTH EMERGENCY — This Must Be...

Sudan is in an active civil war. **Do not travel to Sudan under any circumstances.** Any "job offer" in Sudan is a dange...

São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) is a tiny island nation in the Gulf of Guinea with no relevance as a labour destination for...

## Benin: Cotton Economy, Child Labor Crisis, Zero BD Workers ### The Honest Assessment There are zero documented Bang...

## Togo: 58-Year Dynasty, Phosphate Destruction, Zero BD Workers ### The Honest Assessment There are zero documented B...

## Guinea: Military Junta, Bauxite Wealth, Zero BD Workers ### Honest Assessment There are zero documented Bangladeshi...

## Burkina Faso: Level 4 — Do Not Travel, World's Most Terrorism-Affected Country ### Security Warning — This Must Be R...

## Chad: Level 4 — Do Not Travel, Deby Dynasty, Lake Chad Ecological Catastrophe ### Security Warning — This Must Be Re...

## Mauritania: Last Country to Abolish Slavery (1981), Tier 2 Watch List, Level 3 ### Slavery and the Haratine Caste Sy...

DO NOT GO TO SYRIA. Syria is NOT a labour destination. It is an active conflict zone with a collapsed economy, a transit...

DO NOT GO TO YEMEN. Yemen has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. It is NOT a labour destination. A...

Palestine is NOT a labour destination. It is a net labour exporter with catastrophic unemployment — 69-80% in Gaza and 2...

Despite hosting Bangladesh's only honorary consulate in West Africa, Senegal is NOT a labour destination for Bangladeshi...

Mali is an ACTIVE CONFLICT ZONE under military junta rule. The US State Department rates Mali **Level 4 — DO NOT TRAVEL*...

Niger is an ACTIVE CONFLICT ZONE under military junta rule. The US State Department rates Niger **Level 4 — DO NOT TRAVE...

The Central African Republic is an ACTIVE CONFLICT ZONE. The US State Department rates CAR **Level 4 — DO NOT TRAVEL** (...

The Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) is not a labour destination for Bangladeshi nationals. There is no Banglad...

Eritrea is one of the world's most closed and repressive states — often called the "**North Korea of Africa**." The gove...