Emigration in Malta
Malta recorded 23,419 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006.
Malta, 2024
23,419
Change from 2023
+10.1%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
23rd of 33
Emigration in Malta over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23,419 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 21,279 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 13,166 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 13,146 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 13,804 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 8,079 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 10,019 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 8,036 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 9,510 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 8,255 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 6,200 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 6,550 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 5,946 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 3,806 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 4,201 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 3,868 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 3,719 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 3,730 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 3,835 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 +10.1% from 21,279 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6,200 emigrants, the figure has changed by +277.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Immigration
34,033 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
5,161 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,145 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
405 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
23.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
12.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division