Emigration

In 2020, Belgium's emigration decreased by 25.6% compared to 2019, reaching 76,562.

Belgium accounts for 3.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,141,596.

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 14.7% (from 89,794 in 2015).

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