Emigration in Austria

Austria recorded 81,477 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Emigration Unit: People Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2024 81,477 People
Change from 2023 +10.1% 2023: 74,036 emigrants
European Union, 2024 3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2024 14th of 33 See the full ranking

Emigration in Austria over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Emigration (people), 2000 to 2024
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2024 81,477 emigrants 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2023 74,036 emigrants 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2022 74,271 emigrants 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2021 67,299 emigrants 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 62,581 emigrants 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2019 68,280 emigrants 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2018 67,212 emigrants 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2017 66,144 emigrants 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2016 64,428 emigrants 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2015 56,689 emigrants 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 53,491 emigrants 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 54,071 emigrants 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2012 51,812 emigrants –
2011 51,197 emigrants –
2010 51,651 emigrants –
2009 53,244 emigrants –
2008 51,563 emigrants –
2007 49,898 emigrantsb (break in time series) –
2006 74,432 emigrants –
2005 70,133 emigrants –
2004 71,721 emigrants –
2003 71,996 emigrants –
2002 74,831 emigrantsb (break in time series) –
2001 72,654 emigrants –
2000 64,472 emigrants –

Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +10.1% from 74,036 emigrants in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53,491 emigrants, the figure has changed by +52.3%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the 14th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_emi1ctz · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024 for Austria
Provider update
22 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat