Emigration by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
People who left the country during the year to establish their usual residence elsewhere, regardless of citizenship.
25 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Spain (662,294 emigrants). Lowest: Slovakia (4,425 emigrants). The median is 78,014 emigrants.
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Highest 10
- 1. Spain 662,294 emigrants
- 2. Germany 584,230 emigrantse (estimated)
- 3. France 263,233 emigrantsp (provisional)
- 4. Poland 205,869 emigrantse (estimated)
- 5. Italy 188,903 emigrants
- 6. Netherlands 140,087 emigrants
- 7. Switzerland 129,786 emigrants
- 8. Belgium 100,100 emigrants
- 9. Czechia 88,379 emigrants
- 10. Sweden 86,449 emigrants
Lowest 10
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Source: Eurostat.
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 | Poland | 205,869 emigrantse (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 5 | Italy | 188,903 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 140,087 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 129,786 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 | Portugal | 33,916 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 17 | Norway | 31,968 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 18 | Lithuania | 28,705 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 19 | Slovenia | 21,491 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 20 | Latvia | 18,937 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 21 | Estonia | 17,260 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 22 | Finland | 16,914 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 16,444 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 24 | Iceland | 5,700 emigrants | 2024 | |
| 25 | 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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