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Values for 2024
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33,916 emigrants | 662,294 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 33,666 emigrants | 608,695 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 30,954 emigrants | 531,889 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 25,079 emigrants | 696,866 emigrantsb (break in time series) | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 25,886 emigrants | 248,561 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 28,219 emigrants | 296,248 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 31,600 emigrants | 309,526 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 31,753 emigrantse (estimated) | 368,860 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 38,273 emigrantse (estimated) | 327,325 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 40,377 emigrants | 343,875 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 49,572 emigrants | 400,430 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 53,786 emigrants | 532,303 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 51,958 emigrants | 446,606 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 43,998 emigrants | 409,034 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 23,760 emigrants | 403,377 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 16,899 emigrants | 380,121 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 20,357 emigrants | 288,432 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 7,890 emigrants | 227,065 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 5,600 emigrants | 142,296 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 6,360 emigrants | 68,011 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 6,757 emigrants | 55,092 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 6,687 emigrants | 25,959 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 8,813 emigrants | 36,605 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 5,396 emigrants | – | – |
| 2000 | 10,667 emigrants | – | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.