Overview
- Four in ten women ages 15–44 say they would permanently move abroad if they could, compared with 19% of men, the widest gender gap Gallup has recorded and unusual among wealthy countries.
- The share of younger women expressing this view jumped in 2016, peaked near 44% in 2024, and remains elevated in 2025, indicating a sustained shift across administrations.
- Gallup links the sentiment to eroding institutional confidence, including a drop in younger women’s trust in the courts from 55% to 32% after the Dobbs ruling, alongside a 25-point gap tied to views of President Trump.
- About one in five Americans overall express a desire to leave; Gallup stresses the question measures aspiration rather than intent, based on a U.S. sample of roughly 1,000 with a ±4.4-point margin of error.
- Canada is the most-cited destination among younger women since 2022 at 11%, with New Zealand, Italy and Japan each named by 5%.