Emigration in Italy
Italy recorded 188,903 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.
Italy, 2024
188,903
Change from 2023
+19.2%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
6th of 33
Emigration in Italy over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 188,903 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 158,438 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 150,189 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 158,312 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 159,884 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 179,505 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 156,960 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 155,110 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 157,065 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 146,955 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 136,328 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 125,735 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 106,216 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 82,461 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 78,771 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 80,597 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 80,947 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 51,113 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 58,407 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 53,931 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 49,910 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 48,706 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 41,756 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 56,077 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 56,601 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 +19.2% from 158,438 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 136,328 emigrants, the figure has changed by +38.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Italy has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Italy
All statistics for Italy
Immigration
451,583 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
75,448 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
217,448 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
128,655 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.0p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division