Emigration by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)

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

27 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Spain (662,294 emigrants). Lowest: Slovakia (4,425 emigrants). The median is 69,467 emigrants.

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Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group

Highest 10

  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. Belgium 100,100 emigrants
  9. 9. Czechia 88,379 emigrants
  10. 10. Sweden 86,449 emigrants

Lowest 10

  1. 27. Slovakia 4,425 emigrants
  2. 26. Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants
  3. 25. Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants
  4. 24. Finland 16,914 emigrants
  5. 23. Estonia 17,260 emigrants
  6. 22. Latvia 18,937 emigrants
  7. 21. Slovenia 21,491 emigrants
  8. 20. Malta 23,419 emigrants
  9. 19. Cyprus 26,883 emigrants
  10. 18. Lithuania 28,705 emigrants

Source: Eurostat.

Full ranking

Emigration by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative 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 Belgium 100,100 emigrants 2024
9 Czechia 88,379 emigrants 2024
10 Sweden 86,449 emigrants 2024
11 Hungary 84,286 emigrants 2024
12 Austria 81,477 emigrants 2024
13 Greece 78,014 emigrants 2024
14 Denmark 69,467 emigrants 2024
15 Ireland 58,077 emigrants 2024
16 Croatia 38,997 emigrants 2024
17 Portugal 33,916 emigrants 2024
18 Lithuania 28,705 emigrants 2024
19 Cyprus 26,883 emigrants 2024
20 Malta 23,419 emigrants 2024
21 Slovenia 21,491 emigrants 2024
22 Latvia 18,937 emigrants 2024
23 Estonia 17,260 emigrants 2024
24 Finland 16,914 emigrants 2024
25 Luxembourg 16,444 emigrants 2024
26 Bulgaria 13,002 emigrants 2024
27 Slovakia 4,425 emigrants 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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