Emigration in Latvia
Latvia recorded 18,937 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.
Latvia, 2024
18,937
Change from 2023
+1.0%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
25th of 33
Emigration in Latvia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Latvia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,937 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 18,752 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 16,680 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 12,975 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 11,990 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 14,583 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 15,814 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 17,724 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 20,574 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 20,119 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 19,017 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 22,561 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 25,163 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 30,311 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 39,651 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 38,208 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 27,045 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 15,463 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 17,019 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 17,643 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 20,167 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 15,647 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 15,837 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 24,539 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 22,911 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 +1.0% from 18,752 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 19,017 emigrants, the figure has changed by −0.4%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Latvia has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Latvia
All statistics for Latvia
Immigration
14,701 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-7,330 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,056 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,290 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
-0.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
4.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division