Emigration

In 2018, Belgium's emigration decreased by 0.8% compared to 2017, reaching 88,935.

Belgium accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,400,434.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.4% (from 102,657 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00177, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.