Net migration rate in United Kingdom
Net migration to United Kingdom came to 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
United Kingdom, 2025
2.5
Change from 2024
−4.3per 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
29th of 43
Net migration rate in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 6.8 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 6.3 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 4.1 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 4.5 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; 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 −4.3 from 6.8 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.4.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, United Kingdom has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Immigration
680,906 immigrants
2019 · Eurostat
Natural population change
0.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
368,385 emigrants
2019 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
159,348 people
2019 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
44,315 applicants
2019 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
6.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division