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Emigration

People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.

Unit: People Frequency: Annual Coverage: 35 countries and 1 group 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 662,294 emigrants Spain Lowest in 2024 467 emigrantsb (break in time series) Liechtenstein
European Union, 2024 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 33 Updated by the source on 22 September 2026

33 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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Germany × Lithuania ×

People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Emigration (people), 2000 to 2024
Period GermanyLithuania
2024 584,230 emigrantse (estimated) 28,705 emigrants
2023 580,499 emigrantse (estimated) 21,688 emigrants
2022 452,713 emigrantse (estimated) 15,270 emigrants
2021 458,574 emigrantse (estimated) 25,205 emigrants
2020 404,026 emigrantse (estimated) 25,245 emigrants
2019 496,613 emigrantse (estimated) 35,441 emigrants
2018 475,582 emigrantse (estimated) 38,638 emigrants
2017 516,505 emigrantse (estimated) 53,951 emigrants
2016 513,227 emigrantse (estimated) 56,299 emigrants
2015 321,915 emigrantse (estimated) 50,445 emigrants
2014 314,433 emigrantse (estimated) 43,874 emigrants
2013 259,328 emigrants 45,049 emigrants
2012 240,001 emigrants 46,807 emigrants
2011 249,045 emigrants 53,863 emigrants
2010 252,456 emigrants 83,157 emigrants
2009 286,582 emigrantsb (break in time series) 38,500 emigrants
2008 737,889 emigrants 25,750 emigrants
2007 636,854 emigrants 30,383 emigrants
2006 639,064 emigrants 32,390 emigrants
2005 628,399 emigrants 57,885 emigrants
2004 697,632 emigrants 37,691 emigrants
2003 626,330 emigrants 26,283 emigrants
2002 623,255 emigrants 16,719 emigrants
2001 606,494 emigrants 27,841 emigrants
2000 674,038 emigrants 21,816 emigrants

Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 33 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Spain (662,294 emigrants) and the lowest Liechtenstein (467 emigrants).
  • Half of the countries are above 58,077 emigrants and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 20 countries and fell in 12.
  • The figure for the European Union was 3,166,449 emigrants in 2024, against 2,562,378 emigrants in 2019 (+23.6%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.

About this measure

Definition
People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.
Population covered
Emigrants of all citizenships, all ages
Unit
People
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_emi1ctz · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024
Provider update
22 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Spain 662,294 emigrants
  2. 2 Germany 584,230 emigrantse (estimated)
  3. 3 France 263,233 emigrantsp (provisional)
  4. 4 Romania 215,191 emigrantse (estimated)
  5. 5 Poland 205,869 emigrantse (estimated)
  6. 6 Italy 188,903 emigrants
  7. 7 Netherlands 140,087 emigrants
  8. 8 Switzerland 129,786 emigrants
  9. 9 Moldova 123,406 emigrants
  10. 10 Belgium 100,100 emigrants
  11. 11 Czechia 88,379 emigrants
  12. 12 Sweden 86,449 emigrants
  13. 13 Hungary 84,286 emigrants
  14. 14 Austria 81,477 emigrants
  15. 15 Greece 78,014 emigrants
  16. 16 Denmark 69,467 emigrants
  17. 17 Ireland 58,077 emigrants
  18. 18 Croatia 38,997 emigrants
  19. 19 Portugal 33,916 emigrants
  20. 20 Norway 31,968 emigrants
  21. 21 Lithuania 28,705 emigrants
  22. 22 Cyprus 26,883 emigrants
  23. 23 Malta 23,419 emigrants
  24. 24 Slovenia 21,491 emigrants
  25. 25 Latvia 18,937 emigrants
  26. 26 Estonia 17,260 emigrants
  27. 27 Finland 16,914 emigrants
  28. 28 Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants
  29. 29 Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants
  30. 30 Iceland 5,700 emigrants
  31. 31 Slovakia 4,425 emigrants
  32. 32 North Macedonia 1,711 emigrants
  33. 33 Liechtenstein 467 emigrantsb (break in time series)
  34. European Union 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.