section_path: Economic impacts/World economy
section_name: World economy
paragraph_text: World economy
  
  The impacts of human migration on the world economy have been largely positive. In 2015, migrants, who constituted 3.3% of the world population, contributed 9.4% of global GDP.
  
  At a microeconomic level, the value of a human mobility is largely recognized by firms. A 2021 survey by the Boston Consulting Group found that 72% of 850+ executives across several countries and industries believed that migration benefited their countries, and 45% considered globally diverse employees a strategic advantage.
  
  According to the Centre for Global Development, opening all borders could add $78 trillion to the world GDP.