Net migration rate in European Union
Net migration to the European Union came to 4.6 per 1,000 people in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
European Union, 2025
4.6ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2024
−0.9per 1,000 people
Net migration rate in European Union over time
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European Union
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 from 5.5 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.1 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.5.
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Immigration
5,684,984ip (Source flag ip) immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
-3.0ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
3,166,449ep (Source flag ep) emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,177,232 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
672,350 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration
-317,019 people
2025 · World Bank