How to display user_meta from form?

I have a form on my website where a user can choose their location from a dropdown list (eg, France, Italy, Germany, etc) when they are writing a post. This is the code used for the LOCATION field:

<?php   

        $locs = get_user_meta($uid, 'user_location', true);

        echo PricerrTheme_get_categories("job_location",  
        !isset($_POST['job_location_cat']) ?  $locs : htmlspecialchars($_POST['job_location_cat'])
        , __('Select Location','PricerrTheme'), "do_input"); ?>

I would like the chosen location to be displayed on the user's profile page so people know which country they are from. On this page, I've added this code:

<?php echo $locs = get_user_meta($uid, 'user_location', true); ?>

Unfortunately this only displays the ID number of the location (ie, "3") instead of by name (ie, "Germany"). What do I need to add or remove from this code to get the name of the location to display?