Emigration in Lithuania

Lithuania recorded 28,705 emigrants in 2024.

Measure: Emigration Unit: People Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Lithuania, 2024 28,705 People
Change from 2023 +32.4% 2023: 21,688 emigrants
European Union, 2024 3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2024 21st of 33 See the full ranking

Emigration in Lithuania over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Emigration (people), 2000 to 2024
Period LithuaniaEuropean Union
2024 28,705 emigrants 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2023 21,688 emigrants 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2022 15,270 emigrants 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2021 25,205 emigrants 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated)
2020 25,245 emigrants 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2019 35,441 emigrants 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2018 38,638 emigrants 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2017 53,951 emigrants 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2016 56,299 emigrants 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2015 50,445 emigrants 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 43,874 emigrants 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 45,049 emigrants 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2012 46,807 emigrants –
2011 53,863 emigrants –
2010 83,157 emigrants –
2009 38,500 emigrants –
2008 25,750 emigrants –
2007 30,383 emigrants –
2006 32,390 emigrants –
2005 57,885 emigrants –
2004 37,691 emigrants –
2003 26,283 emigrants –
2002 16,719 emigrants –
2001 27,841 emigrants –
2000 21,816 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 +32.4% from 21,688 emigrants in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43,874 emigrants, the figure has changed by −34.6%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Lithuania has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_emi1ctz · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024 for Lithuania
Provider update
22 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat