EU regions (NUTS 2) by net migration including statistical adjustment
Catalonia had the highest net migration including statistical adjustment of 241 regions in 2018, at 88,257. Ile-de-France had the lowest, at -49,771. The median was 3,120 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.28 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalonia | 88,257 | +52.3% |
| 2 | Community of Madrid | 77,200 | +35.1% |
| 3 | Lombardia | 47,720 | +29% |
| 4 | Valencian Community | 38,036 | +97.6% |
| 5 | Emilia-Romagna | 30,944 | +27.8% |
| 6 | Aquitaine | 30,027 | +17.5% |
| 7 | Oberbayern | 29,342 | +199.6% |
| 8 | Eastern and Midland | 29,287 | +153.8% |
| 9 | Berlin | 27,028 | -17.7% |
| 10 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 25,788 | +26.2% |
| 11 | Warszawski stołeczny | 24,255 | +36.5% |
| 12 | Stockholm | 23,461 | -10.2% |
| 13 | Midi-Pyrénées | 23,426 | +15.4% |
| 14 | Bretagne | 23,272 | +21.8% |
| 15 | Canary Islands | 23,270 | +47.1% |
| 16 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 22,522 | +43.2% |
| 17 | Rhône-Alpes | 21,879 | +30.8% |
| 18 | Brandenburg | 20,680 | -0.7% |
| 19 | Zuid-Holland | 20,152 | -8.4% |
| 20 | Pays de la Loire | 20,099 | +9.6% |
| 21 | Darmstadt | 19,561 | -23.6% |
| 22 | Köln | 19,187 | +4.8% |
| 23 | Västsverige | 18,713 | -1.6% |
| 24 | Pest | 18,159 | +13.1% |
| 25 | Östra Mellansverige | 18,069 | -12.3% |
| 26 | Schleswig-Holstein | 17,576 | +1.7% |
| 27 | Andalusia | 17,535 | +1,848.3% |
| 28 | Southern | 17,465 | +82.9% |
| 29 | Veneto | 17,397 | +66.9% |
| 30 | Malta | 17,375 | +18.1% |
| 31 | Düsseldorf | 16,877 | -14.1% |
| 32 | Noord-Holland | 16,348 | +7.8% |
| 33 | Noord-Brabant | 16,178 | +8.4% |
| 34 | Basque Country | 15,715 | +32.4% |
| 35 | Stuttgart | 15,690 | -42.1% |
| 36 | Střední Čechy | 15,448 | +31.6% |
| 37 | Schwaben | 15,250 | -4.9% |
| 38 | Balearic Islands | 14,616 | +35.3% |
| 39 | Sydsverige | 14,368 | -18.5% |
| 40 | Lazio | 13,609 | -14.4% |
| 41 | Weser-Ems | 13,325 | -0.8% |
| 42 | Galicia | 13,021 | +71.1% |
| 43 | Mittelfranken | 12,738 | +9.2% |
| 44 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 12,430 | -9.1% |
| 45 | Hannover | 12,258 | +15.3% |
| 46 | Karlsruhe | 12,096 | -36.9% |
| 47 | Gelderland | 11,539 | +2.3% |
| 48 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 11,494 | -10.3% |
| 49 | Aragon | 11,324 | +543.8% |
| 50 | Arnsberg | 11,084 | +43% |
| 51 | Praha | 11,076 | +1.8% |
| 52 | Poitou-Charentes | 10,840 | +36.6% |
| 53 | Niederbayern | 10,801 | -17.3% |
| 54 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 10,791 | +14.7% |
| 55 | Freiburg | 10,680 | -32.9% |
| 56 | Lüneburg | 10,014 | +30% |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 9,933 | +5.4% |
| 58 | Tübingen | 9,857 | -11% |
| 59 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9,800 | +31.3% |
| 60 | Niederösterreich | 9,624 | +39.6% |
| 61 | Region of Murcia | 9,246 | +7,617.1% |
| 62 | Zahodna Slovenija | 8,502 | +474.8% |
| 63 | Prov. Antwerpen | 8,446 | +6.8% |
| 64 | Leipzig | 8,154 | -35% |
| 65 | Koblenz | 8,094 | +32.2% |
| 66 | Kýpros | 8,032 | +46.3% |
| 67 | Northern and Western | 7,944 | +94.6% |
| 68 | Toscana | 7,874 | -13.3% |
| 69 | Közép-Dunántúl | 7,717 | +82.8% |
| 70 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 7,706 | +10.5% |
| 71 | Hamburg | 7,637 | -54.1% |
| 72 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7,472 | -7.8% |
| 73 | Utrecht | 7,102 | +10.8% |
| 74 | Eesti | 7,071 | +34.5% |
| 75 | Oberösterreich | 6,987 | +4% |
| 76 | Norte | 6,940 | +170.9% |
| 77 | Småland med öarna | 6,937 | -19.4% |
| 78 | Navarre | 6,878 | +57.6% |
| 79 | Oberpfalz | 6,805 | -14.9% |
| 80 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 6,745 | +10.3% |
| 81 | Münster | 6,737 | +11.8% |
| 82 | Unterfranken | 6,728 | -1.7% |
| 83 | Braunschweig | 6,589 | +9.5% |
| 84 | Bratislavský kraj | 6,472 | -3% |
| 85 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 6,426 | +2,943.4% |
| 86 | Hovedstaden | 6,252 | -25.2% |
| 87 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 6,231 | +34.5% |
| 88 | Dresden | 6,180 | +53.4% |
| 89 | Castilla-La Mancha | 6,097 | +266.2% |
| 90 | Pomorskie | 6,048 | +83.6% |
| 91 | Jihozápad | 5,935 | +62.6% |
| 92 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 5,906 | +25.1% |
| 93 | Małopolskie | 5,650 | +66.9% |
| 94 | Wien | 5,564 | -67.4% |
| 95 | Voreio Aigaio | 5,387 | +31.2% |
| 96 | Grande Lisboa | 5,326 | -19.6% |
| 97 | Kassel | 5,212 | +2.3% |
| 98 | Budapest | 5,107 | +2,486.4% |
| 99 | Oberfranken | 5,046 | -42.5% |
| 100 | Alsace | 5,038 | +8.7% |
| 101 | Dolnośląskie | 4,915 | +77% |
| 102 | Auvergne | 4,848 | -37.3% |
| 103 | Liguria | 4,634 | +70.1% |
| 104 | Detmold | 4,622 | +46.6% |
| 105 | Algarve | 4,459 | +15% |
| 106 | Midtjylland | 4,458 | -29.1% |
| 107 | Steiermark | 4,386 | +0.5% |
| 108 | Thüringen | 4,327 | +0.5% |
| 109 | Overijssel | 4,262 | +56.5% |
| 110 | Península de Setúbal | 4,013 | +7.1% |
| 110 | Prov. Hainaut | 4,013 | +43.7% |
| 112 | Gießen | 3,929 | -18.3% |
| 113 | Wielkopolskie | 3,910 | +314.6% |
| 114 | Sjælland | 3,647 | -15.2% |
| 115 | Jihovýchod | 3,613 | +21.5% |
| 116 | Sostinės regionas | 3,607 | +744.7% |
| 117 | Piemonte | 3,420 | +50.4% |
| 118 | Norra Mellansverige | 3,314 | -22.3% |
| 119 | Severovýchod | 3,296 | +46.4% |
| 120 | Syddanmark | 3,295 | -9.1% |
| 121 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 3,120 | +20.8% |
| 122 | Trier | 2,932 | +43.8% |
| 123 | Bremen | 2,859 | -10.2% |
| 124 | Castile and León | 2,808 | +192% |
| 125 | Attiki | 2,751 | +104.8% |
| 126 | Cantabria | 2,747 | +40.7% |
| 127 | Chemnitz | 2,695 | +237.7% |
| 128 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 2,654 | +12.4% |
| 129 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 2,639 | +69.7% |
| 130 | Flevoland | 2,569 | +63.7% |
| 131 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 2,416 | +7.2% |
| 132 | Centro (PT) | 2,221 | +621.1% |
| 133 | Corse | 2,171 | -43.8% |
| 134 | Länsi-Suomi | 2,163 | +29.1% |
| 135 | Limburg (NL) | 2,145 | -19.8% |
| 136 | Prov. Liège | 2,093 | -13.2% |
| 137 | Saarland | 2,045 | -18.1% |
| 138 | Tirol | 2,005 | -36.4% |
| 139 | Prov. Namur | 1,956 | +49.9% |
| 140 | La Rioja | 1,952 | +57.4% |
| 141 | Asturias | 1,883 | +176.5% |
| 142 | Burgenland | 1,845 | -2.2% |
| 143 | Groningen | 1,763 | +2,812.3% |
| 144 | Lorraine | 1,685 | +150.2% |
| 145 | Salzburg | 1,668 | -22.3% |
| 146 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 1,556 | +432.9% |
| 147 | Umbria | 1,553 | +882.9% |
| 148 | Kärnten | 1,534 | +51.3% |
| 149 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 1,496 | +1,544% |
| 150 | Drenthe | 1,415 | +7.3% |
| 151 | Zeeland | 1,393 | +12.2% |
| 152 | Vorarlberg | 1,335 | -26.7% |
| 153 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 1,315 | -26.4% |
| 154 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 1,290 | +154.7% |
| 155 | Övre Norrland | 1,189 | -65.1% |
| 156 | Basse-Normandie | 1,147 | +490.1% |
| 157 | Mayotte | 1,126 | +149.7% |
| 158 | Centre - Val de Loire | 1,095 | +137.1% |
| 159 | Friesland (NL) | 1,051 | +52.1% |
| 160 | Limousin | 1,020 | +1,002.7% |
| 161 | Nordjylland | 995 | -41.8% |
| 162 | Marche | 994 | -39.8% |
| 163 | Severozápad | 894 | +3,787% |
| 164 | Západné Slovensko | 819 | +138.8% |
| 165 | Bourgogne | 809 | +345.2% |
| 166 | Lubuskie | 697 | +189.4% |
| 167 | Notio Aigaio | 508 | +366.1% |
| 168 | Kentriki Makedonia | 469 | +136.1% |
| 169 | Abruzzo | 329 | +117.2% |
| 170 | Åland | 292 | +26.4% |
| 171 | Ionia Nisia | 278 | -1.8% |
| 172 | Mellersta Norrland | 245 | -87.8% |
| 173 | Ipeiros | 239 | +1,019.2% |
| 174 | Etelä-Suomi | 217 | -83.5% |
| 175 | Franche-Comté | 216 | +143.2% |
| 176 | Alentejo | 205 | +128.7% |
| 177 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 131 | +119.2% |
| 178 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 13 | -84.5% |
| 179 | Kriti | -166 | +13.5% |
| 180 | Zachodniopomorskie | -203 | +76.4% |
| 181 | Střední Morava | -308 | +57.8% |
| 182 | Melilla | -535 | +21.6% |
| 183 | Opolskie | -659 | -527.6% |
| 184 | Ceuta | -677 | -315.3% |
| 185 | Łódzkie | -709 | +60.2% |
| 186 | Dél-Alföld | -925 | +47% |
| 187 | Sterea Elláda | -957 | +24.2% |
| 188 | Molise | -966 | -856.4% |
| 189 | Vest | -1,089 | +42.5% |
| 190 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | -1,094 | +2.1% |
| 191 | Extremadura | -1,166 | +64.6% |
| 192 | Dytiki Makedonia | -1,170 | +2.7% |
| 193 | Dytiki Elláda | -1,188 | +9% |
| 194 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | -1,244 | +13.7% |
| 195 | Moravskoslezsko | -1,325 | +47.2% |
| 196 | Stredné Slovensko | -1,416 | -1.1% |
| 197 | Thessalia | -1,451 | +15.2% |
| 198 | Guyane | -1,546 | -561.5% |
| 199 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | -1,552 | -226.7% |
| 200 | Podlaskie | -1,603 | +1% |
| 201 | Podkarpackie | -1,639 | -13.4% |
| 202 | Peloponnisos | -1,723 | -4.9% |
| 203 | Basilicata | -1,847 | -94.6% |
| 204 | Świętokrzyskie | -1,875 | +10.2% |
| 205 | Východné Slovensko | -1,920 | -1.4% |
| 206 | Sardegna | -1,944 | -333.7% |
| 207 | Śląskie | -2,302 | +28.8% |
| 208 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | -2,427 | +13.5% |
| 209 | Dél-Dunántúl | -2,436 | -0.6% |
| 210 | Picardie | -2,440 | +38.5% |
| 211 | Yugozapaden | -2,606 | +2.5% |
| 212 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | -2,688 | -15.1% |
| 213 | Champagne-Ardenne | -2,828 | +35.6% |
| 214 | Centru | -3,049 | +40.1% |
| 215 | La Réunion | -3,104 | +53.9% |
| 216 | Haute-Normandie | -3,437 | +9.7% |
| 217 | Észak-Magyarország | -3,615 | +11.5% |
| 218 | Nord-Vest | -3,663 | +10% |
| 219 | Lubelskie | -4,567 | +5.2% |
| 220 | Martinique | -4,653 | -9.9% |
| 221 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | -4,825 | +77.1% |
| 222 | Latvija | -4,905 | +37.2% |
| 223 | Mazowiecki regionalny | -5,531 | -36.8% |
| 224 | Észak-Alföld | -5,990 | -8.7% |
| 225 | Guadeloupe | -6,403 | -22.1% |
| 226 | Jadranska Hrvatska | -6,671 | +35.4% |
| 227 | Severozapaden | -6,849 | -0.6% |
| 228 | Calabria | -7,657 | -34% |
| 229 | Yugoiztochen | -8,075 | -1.1% |
| 230 | Nord-Pas de Calais | -8,169 | +24.4% |
| 231 | Severen tsentralen | -9,063 | -1.1% |
| 232 | Severoiztochen | -9,835 | -4.6% |
| 233 | Yuzhen tsentralen | -10,484 | -0.5% |
| 234 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | -12,731 | +0.1% |
| 235 | Sud-Est | -14,515 | -4.9% |
| 236 | Puglia | -15,529 | -21.5% |
| 237 | Nord-Est | -16,645 | -28.7% |
| 238 | Campania | -16,924 | -128.1% |
| 239 | Sud-Muntenia | -18,594 | +14.8% |
| 240 | Sicilia | -22,306 | +2.3% |
| 241 | Ile-de-France | -49,771 | +19.3% |
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Population change during the year minus natural change (live births minus deaths), including statistical adjustment. A negative value means the population fell by more than natural change explains (Eurostat demographic balance).
Eurostat calculates this as a residual, not by counting immigrants and emigrants, so it also absorbs census revisions and other statistical adjustments. For the EU it reflects migration to and from countries outside the EU. net_migration (World Bank, UN estimate) uses a different method, so the two series differ.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Eurostat. Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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Which region has the highest net migration including statistical adjustment?
Catalonia, with 88,257 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest net migration including statistical adjustment?
Ile-de-France, with -49,771 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, net migration plus statistical adjustment, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 regions have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.
Net migration including statistical adjustment: other rankings
- Regions of Romania (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria
- NUTS 3 areas of Lithuania
- NUTS 3 areas of Finland