Two in 5 young American women want to leave the land of the free permanently, according to a new Gallup poll.

The finding represents a decrease from 44 percent in 2024, but only 29 percent of young American women surveyed said they want to leave the U.S. permanently in 2023.

Approximately 1 in 5 Americans surveyed overall said they would consider leaving the United States.

All participants were asked, "Ideally, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move PERMANENTLY to another country, or would you prefer to continue living in this country?"

Forty percent of women aged 15 to 44 voted in favor of leaving, while 19 percent of men within the same age bracket agreed with that perspective. Sixteen percent of women aged 45 and older would like to emigrate compared to 8 percent of men of the same age.

Twenty percent of U.S. adults said they would like to leave. However, Gallup noted a desire to leave did not necessarily equate to actually doing so.

"Today`s 21-percentage-point gap between younger men (19%) and women (40%) wanting to leave the U.S. is the widest Gallup has recorded on this trend," the release said.

"Since Gallup began measuring this question globally in 2007, few countries have shown gender gaps this wide in the desire to migrate. Before the U.S. in 2025, no country had recorded a gap of 20 points or more between younger men and women."