Emigration in Greece
Greece recorded 78,014 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2010.
Greece, 2024
78,014
Change from 2023
−10.1%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
15th of 33
Emigration in Greece over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78,014 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 86,775 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 91,137 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 92,775 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 95,439 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 111,603 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 118,545 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 117,123 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 119,409 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 118,218 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 114,276 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 126,464 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 135,073 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 106,398 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 62,041 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2009 | 43,686 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 43,044 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 40,400 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 38,368 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 38,583 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 38,041 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 37,433 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 39,378 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2001 | 45,909 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 46,993 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 −10.1% from 86,775 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 114,276 emigrants, the figure has changed by −31.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Greece has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Greece
All statistics for Greece
Immigration
132,149 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
16,636 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
14,275 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
55,380 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.8ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-15.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division