The Gujarati diaspora refers to the descendants of the Indian ethnolinguistic group known as Gujaratis who emigrated out of Gujarat and adjacent areas in the Indian Subcontinent to the rest of the world.

Gujaratis have a long tradition of seafaring and a history of overseas migration to foreign lands, to Yemen[5] Oman[6] Bahrain,[7] Kuwait, Zanzibar[8] and other countries in the Persian Gulf[9] since a mercantile culture resulted naturally from the state's proximity to the Arabian Sea.

[1] Non Resident Gujaratis (NRGs) maintain active links with the homeland in the form of business, remittance, philanthropy, and through their political contribution to state governed domestic affairs.

[12][13][14] Gujaratis in the diaspora are prominent entrepreneurs and industrialists and maintain high social capital.

[15] Gujarati parents in the diaspora are not comfortable with the possibility of their language not surviving them.