Emigration by age and sex - migr_emi2

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2024 (N = 11,838)

First observation: Annual: 1990 (N = 2,173)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 22:52. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 02:35

Structure

Total Emigration

France, Germany, Italy, Spain

Code
migr_emi2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         age == "TOTAL",
         sex == "T",
         agedef == "COMPLET") %>%
  year_to_date %>%
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) %>%
  mutate(values = values/1000) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_4flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1990, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Emigrants (thousands)")

By Sex, Latest Year

Code
latest_y <- migr_emi2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         age == "TOTAL",
         agedef == "COMPLET",
         !is.na(values)) %>%
  summarise(m = max(time)) %>%
  pull(m)

migr_emi2 %>%
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         age == "TOTAL",
         agedef == "COMPLET",
         sex %in% c("F", "M"),
         time == latest_y) %>%
  select(Geo, Sex, values) %>%
  spread(Sex, values) %>%
  print_table_conditional()
Geo Females Males
France 151177 112056
Germany 239170 345060
Italy 91079 97824
Spain 310867 351427

Greece

Code
migr_emi2 %>%
  filter(geo == "EL",
         agedef == "COMPLET",
         sex == "T",
         time %in% c("2008", "2013", 2018),
         substr(age, 1, 1) == "Y") %>%
  select(age, time, values) %>%
  mutate(age = gsub("Y", "", age) %>% as.numeric) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = age, y = values, color = time, linetype = time)) +
  scale_color_manual(values = viridis(4)[1:3]) + theme_minimal() +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.8, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("âge") + ylab("Emigration depuis la Grèce") +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 20000, 1000)) +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(0, 100, 10))