Emigration in Estonia
Estonia recorded 17,260 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.
Estonia, 2024
17,260
Change from 2023
+37.6%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
26th of 33
Emigration in Estonia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Estonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,260 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 12,543 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 9,657 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 12,481 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 12,427 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 12,801 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 10,476 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 12,358 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 13,792 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 13,003 emigrantsb (break in time series) | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 4,637 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 6,740 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 6,321 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 6,214 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 5,294 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 4,658 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 4,406 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 4,384 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 5,527 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 4,610 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 2,927 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 3,073 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 2,038 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 2,175 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 1,784 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 +37.6% from 12,543 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4,637 emigrants, the figure has changed by +272.2%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Estonia has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Estonia
All statistics for Estonia
Immigration
18,634 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-13,350 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
758 people
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First-time asylum applicants
1,005 applicants
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Net migration rate
-2.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
4.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division