Emigration in Spain
Spain recorded 662,294 emigrants in 2024.
Spain, 2024
662,294
Change from 2023
+8.8%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
1st of 33
Emigration in Spain over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 662,294 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 608,695 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 531,889 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 696,866 emigrantsb (break in time series) | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 248,561 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 296,248 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 309,526 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 368,860 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 327,325 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 343,875 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 400,430 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 532,303 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 446,606 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 409,034 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 403,377 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 380,121 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 288,432 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 227,065 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 142,296 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 68,011 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 55,092 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 25,959 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 36,605 emigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; 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 +8.8% from 608,695 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 400,430 emigrants, the figure has changed by +65.4%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Spain
All statistics for Spain
Immigration
1,288,562 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
96,630 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
252,476 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
141,055p (Provisional) applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
11.8p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division