Emigration in Switzerland
Switzerland recorded 129,786 emigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.
Switzerland, 2024
129,786
Change from 2023
+4.7%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
8th of 33
Emigration in Switzerland over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 129,786 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 123,963 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 122,123 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 116,769 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 109,376 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 126,221 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 130,225 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 124,997 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 120,653 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 116,631 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 111,103 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 106,196 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 103,881 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 96,494 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 96,839 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 86,036 emigrants | – |
| 2008 | 86,130 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 90,175 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 88,218 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 82,090 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 79,726 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 76,756 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 78,419 emigrants | – |
| 2001 | 82,234 emigrants | – |
| 2000 | 90,078 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 +4.7% from 123,963 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 111,103 emigrants, the figure has changed by +16.8%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Immigration
212,578 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
37,253 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
39,912 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
23,415 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
7.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.1 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division