The Brief

In 2025, 40% of U.S. women aged 15–44 said they’d move abroad, up from 10% in 2014.

Women are twice as likely as men to want to leave the U.S., the widest gap Gallup has seen.

Politics and distrust in government drive this trend, with Canada, New Zealand, Italy, and Japan as top picks.

The number of women who said they wished they could leave the United States and live in another country has increased, according to a recent Gallup poll.

In 2025, about 40% of women aged 15 to 44 said they would move abroad permanently if given the opportunity. That’s four times more than the 10% who shared this same desire in 2014.

Why do US women want to leave?

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Though the number of Americans overall who want to leave the U.S. to live in another country is one in five, and s

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