Emigration in Belgium
Belgium recorded 100,100 emigrants in 2024.
Belgium, 2024
100,100
Change from 2023
+4.2%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
10th of 33
Emigration in Belgium over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100,100 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 96,071 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 84,627 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 87,272 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 76,562 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 102,936 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 88,935 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 89,690 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 92,471 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 89,794 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 94,573 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 102,657 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 93,600 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 84,148 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 66,013 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 91,052 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 88,163 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 86,899 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 83,895 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 79,399 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 75,960 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 75,261 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 75,320 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 +4.2% from 96,071 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 94,573 emigrants, the figure has changed by +5.8%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Immigration
162,926 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
31,989 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
60,108 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
27,540 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
6.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
3.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division