Emigration in Finland

Finland recorded 16,914 emigrants in 2024.

Measure: Emigration Unit: People Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Finland, 2024 16,914 People
Change from 2023 +10.4% 2023: 15,322 emigrants
European Union, 2024 3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2024 27th of 33 See the full ranking

Emigration in Finland 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 FinlandEuropean Union
2024 16,914 emigrants 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2023 15,322 emigrants 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2022 15,635 emigrants 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2021 13,459 emigrants 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 15,084 emigrants 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2019 17,263 emigrants 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2018 19,141 emigrants 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2017 16,973 emigrants 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2016 18,082 emigrants 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2015 16,305 emigrants 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 15,486 emigrants 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 13,893 emigrants 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2012 13,845 emigrants –
2011 12,660 emigrants –
2010 11,905 emigrants –
2009 12,151 emigrants –
2008 13,657 emigrants –
2007 12,443 emigrants –
2006 12,107 emigrants –
2005 12,369 emigrants –
2004 13,656 emigrants –
2003 12,083 emigrants –
2002 12,891 emigrants –
2001 13,153 emigrants –
2000 14,311 emigrants –

Flags: 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 +10.4% from 15,322 emigrants in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15,486 emigrants, the figure has changed by +9.2%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Finland has the 27th 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 Finland
Provider update
22 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat