Emigration
People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.
33 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23,419 emigrants | 662,294 emigrants |
| 2023 | 21,279 emigrants | 608,695 emigrants |
| 2022 | 13,166 emigrants | 531,889 emigrants |
| 2021 | 13,146 emigrants | 696,866 emigrantsb (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 13,804 emigrants | 248,561 emigrants |
| 2019 | 8,079 emigrants | 296,248 emigrants |
| 2018 | 10,019 emigrants | 309,526 emigrants |
| 2017 | 8,036 emigrants | 368,860 emigrants |
| 2016 | 9,510 emigrants | 327,325 emigrants |
| 2015 | 8,255 emigrants | 343,875 emigrants |
| 2014 | 6,200 emigrants | 400,430 emigrants |
| 2013 | 6,550 emigrants | 532,303 emigrants |
| 2012 | 5,946 emigrants | 446,606 emigrants |
| 2011 | 3,806 emigrants | 409,034 emigrants |
| 2010 | 4,201 emigrants | 403,377 emigrants |
| 2009 | 3,868 emigrants | 380,121 emigrants |
| 2008 | 3,719 emigrants | 288,432 emigrantsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 3,730 emigrants | 227,065 emigrants |
| 2006 | 3,835 emigrants | 142,296 emigrants |
| 2005 | – | 68,011 emigrants |
| 2004 | – | 55,092 emigrants |
| 2003 | – | 25,959 emigrants |
| 2002 | – | 36,605 emigrants |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
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.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Spain 662,294 emigrants
- 2 Germany 584,230 emigrantse (estimated)
- 3 France 263,233 emigrantsp (provisional)
- 4 Romania 215,191 emigrantse (estimated)
- 5 Poland 205,869 emigrantse (estimated)
- 6 Italy 188,903 emigrants
- 7 Netherlands 140,087 emigrants
- 8 Switzerland 129,786 emigrants
- 9 Moldova 123,406 emigrants
- 10 Belgium 100,100 emigrants
- 11 Czechia 88,379 emigrants
- 12 Sweden 86,449 emigrants
- 13 Hungary 84,286 emigrants
- 14 Austria 81,477 emigrants
- 15 Greece 78,014 emigrants
- 16 Denmark 69,467 emigrants
- 17 Ireland 58,077 emigrants
- 18 Croatia 38,997 emigrants
- 19 Portugal 33,916 emigrants
- 20 Norway 31,968 emigrants
- 21 Lithuania 28,705 emigrants
- 22 Cyprus 26,883 emigrants
- 23 Malta 23,419 emigrants
- 24 Slovenia 21,491 emigrants
- 25 Latvia 18,937 emigrants
- 26 Estonia 17,260 emigrants
- 27 Finland 16,914 emigrants
- 28 Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants
- 29 Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants
- 30 Iceland 5,700 emigrants
- 31 Slovakia 4,425 emigrants
- 32 North Macedonia 1,711 emigrants
- 33 Liechtenstein 467 emigrantsb (break in time series)
- 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.