Emigration in Iceland
Iceland recorded 5,700 emigrants in 2024.
Iceland, 2024
5,700
Change from 2023
+18.0%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
30th of 33
Emigration in Iceland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,700 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 4,831 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 5,091 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 4,661 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 6,009 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 4,590 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 4,372 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 3,641 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 4,159 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 4,046 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 4,052 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 4,372 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 4,758 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 4,812 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 5,459 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 6,874 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 9,144 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 7,414 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 4,577 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 3,913 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 4,820 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 3,837 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 4,490 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 4,034 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 3,489 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 +18.0% from 4,831 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4,052 emigrants, the figure has changed by +40.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Iceland has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Immigration
9,946 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
2,709 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
638 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,660 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
11.9 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division