Emigration by country, 2024
People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.
33 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Spain (662,294 emigrants). Lowest: Liechtenstein (467 emigrants). The median is 58,077 emigrants.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
- 33. Liechtenstein 467 emigrantsb (break in time series)
- 32. North Macedonia 1,711 emigrants
- 31. Slovakia 4,425 emigrants
- 30. Iceland 5,700 emigrants
- 29. Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants
- 28. Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants
- 27. Finland 16,914 emigrants
- 26. Estonia 17,260 emigrants
- 25. Latvia 18,937 emigrants
- 24. Slovenia 21,491 emigrants
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 662,294 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 2 | Germany | 584,230 emigrantse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 3 | France | 263,233 emigrantsp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 4 | Romania | 215,191 emigrantse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 5 | Poland | 205,869 emigrantse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 6 | Italy | 188,903 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 140,087 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 129,786 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 9 | Moldova | 123,406 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 10 | Belgium | 100,100 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 11 | Czechia | 88,379 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 86,449 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 13 | Hungary | 84,286 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 14 | Austria | 81,477 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 15 | Greece | 78,014 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 69,467 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 58,077 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 18 | Croatia | 38,997 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 19 | Portugal | 33,916 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 20 | Norway | 31,968 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 21 | Lithuania | 28,705 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 22 | Cyprus | 26,883 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 23 | Malta | 23,419 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 24 | Slovenia | 21,491 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 25 | Latvia | 18,937 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 26 | Estonia | 17,260 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 27 | Finland | 16,914 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 16,444 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 13,002 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 30 | Iceland | 5,700 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 31 | Slovakia | 4,425 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 1,711 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 33 | Liechtenstein | 467 emigrantsb (break in time series) | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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