Emigration

In 2022, Portugal's emigration increased by 23.4% compared to 2021, reaching 30,954.

Portugal accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 2,694,009.

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 2.5% (from 31,753 in 2017).

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