Net migration rate in Switzerland
Net migration to Switzerland came to 7.4 per 1,000 people in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Switzerland, 2025
7.4p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
−1.8per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
4.0 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
10th of 43
Net migration rate in Switzerland over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.4 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 9.2 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 15.6 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 7.8 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 5.7 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 6.3 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 4.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.2 per 1,000 people | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 8.3 per 1,000 people | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.5 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 9.4 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 8.3 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 8.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7.7 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 8.8 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 9.4 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 5.1 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 5.7 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 6.5 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 5.6 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; p provisional; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.8 from 9.2 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.5 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.1.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Immigration
212,578 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
0.7p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
129,786 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
39,912 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
23,415 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.1 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division