Emigration

In 2020, Portugal's emigration decreased by 8.3% compared to 2019, reaching 25,886.

Portugal accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 2,141,596.

Portugal ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 35.9% (from 40,377 in 2015).

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