Emigration in Netherlands
Netherlands recorded 140,087 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Netherlands, 2024
140,087
Change from 2023
+13.4%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
7th of 33
Emigration in Netherlands over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 140,087 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 123,574 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 109,616 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 110,342 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 102,502 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 107,906 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 109,635 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 108,231 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 111,477 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 112,330 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 112,900 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 112,625 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 110,431 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 104,201 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 95,970 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 92,825 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 90,067 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 91,287 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 91,028 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 83,399 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 75,049 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 68,885 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 66,728 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 63,318 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 61,201 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 +13.4% from 123,574 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 112,900 emigrants, the figure has changed by +24.1%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Netherlands has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Immigration
257,714 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
104,681 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
58,999 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
24,115 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.2p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
8.0 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division