Emigration in Sweden
Sweden recorded 86,449 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.
Sweden, 2024
86,449
Change from 2023
+17.7%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
12th of 33
Emigration in Sweden over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86,449 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 73,434 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 50,592 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 48,284 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 48,937 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 47,718 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 46,981 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 45,620 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 45,878 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 55,830 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 51,237 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 50,715 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 51,747 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 51,179 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 48,853 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 39,240 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 45,294 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 45,418 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 44,908 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 38,118 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 36,586 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 35,023 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 33,009 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 32,141 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 34,091 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 +17.7% from 73,434 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 51,237 emigrants, the figure has changed by +68.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Sweden has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Immigration
116,197 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
47,079 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
62,989 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
5,100 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
1.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division