EU countries by net migration

Germany had the highest net migration of 27 EU countries in 2022, at 981,552. Greece had the lowest, at -53,997. The median was 68,696. Source: the World Bank.

Highest981,552Germany
Lowest-53,997Greece
Median68,69627 EU countries

All EU countries, 2022

Germany: 981,552 personsGermany981,552Poland: 967,744 personsPoland967,744Czechia: 329,739 personsCzechia329,739Spain: 299,779 personsSpain299,779Italy: 231,228 personsItaly231,228Netherlands: 224,472 personsNetherlands224,472France: 179,377 personsFrance179,377Austria: 157,365 personsAustria157,365Belgium: 118,615 personsBelgium118,615Ireland: 93,535 personsIreland93,535Slovakia: 92,314 personsSlovakia92,314Romania: 89,076 personsRomania89,076Lithuania: 72,100 personsLithuania72,100Portugal: 68,696 personsPortugal68,696Finland: 60,353 personsFinland60,353Denmark: 60,219 personsDenmark60,219Sweden: 58,955 personsSweden58,955Hungary: 41,871 personsHungary41,871Estonia: 39,754 personsEstonia39,754Bulgaria: 26,498 personsBulgaria26,498Latvia: 22,027 personsLatvia22,027Luxembourg: 13,194 personsLuxembourg13,194Croatia: 11,681 personsCroatia11,681Cyprus: 9,014 personsCyprus9,014Slovenia: 9,014 personsSlovenia9,014Malta: 2,480 personsMalta2,480Greece: -53,997 personsGreece-53,997
persons. Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2022
persons
Change on 2021
1Germany981,552+216.4%
2Poland967,744+42,891.7%
3Czechia329,739+7,920.9%
4Spain299,779+107.6%
5Italy231,228+47%
6Netherlands224,472+110.9%
7France179,377+36.4%
8Austria157,365+201.8%
9Belgium118,615+393.9%
10Ireland93,535+241.1%
11Slovakia92,314+1,229.6%
12Romania89,076+602.4%
13Lithuania72,100+266.8%
14Portugal68,696-1.3%
15Finland60,353+168.4%
16Denmark60,219+124%
17Sweden58,955+13.5%
18Hungary41,871+105.5%
19Estonia39,754+464.4%
20Bulgaria26,498+125.4%
21Latvia22,027+7,966.8%
22Luxembourg13,194+51.2%
23Croatia11,681+358.6%
24Cyprus9,014-3.5%
24Slovenia9,014+263.9%
26Malta2,480-46.5%
27Greece-53,997+66.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest net migration?

Germany, with 981,552 in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which EU country has the lowest net migration?

Greece, with -53,997 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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