Emigration in Hungary
Hungary recorded 84,286 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.
Hungary, 2024
84,286
Change from 2023
+18.1%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
13th of 33
Emigration in Hungary over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Hungary | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 84,286 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 71,369 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 58,408 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 67,999 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 67,364 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 49,795 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 48,178 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 39,829 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 39,889 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 43,225 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 42,213 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 34,691 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 22,880 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 15,100 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 13,365 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2009 | 10,483 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 9,591 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 4,500 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 4,314 emigrantsp (provisional) | – |
| 2005 | 3,658 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 3,820 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 3,122 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 3,126 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 2,591 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 2,540 emigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated; p provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +18.1% from 71,369 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 42,213 emigrants, the figure has changed by +99.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Hungary has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Hungary
All statistics for Hungary
Immigration
88,418 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-16,331 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,742 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
110 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
0.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.1 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division