Emigration in Croatia
Croatia recorded 38,997 emigrants in 2024.
Croatia, 2024
38,997
Change from 2023
−0.6%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
18th of 33
Emigration in Croatia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Croatia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,997 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 39,218 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 46,287 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 40,424 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 34,046 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 40,148 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 39,515 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 47,352 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 36,436 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 29,651 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 20,858 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 15,262 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 12,877 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 12,699 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 13,017 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 12,355 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 10,638 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 9,002 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 7,692 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 6,812 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 6,534 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 11,767 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 7,488 emigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6% from 39,218 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 20,858 emigrants, the figure has changed by +87.0%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Croatia has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Croatia
All statistics for Croatia
Immigration
70,391 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-3,481 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
793 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
845 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division