17 European
European
17 European
European
The age profile (predominantly working-age), the destinations (high-salary economies), and independent survey data all
As the migrants are predominantly working-age, and they mostly leave for high-salary economies, all data
Eurostat does not record the education level of emigrants, so this data measures birthplace flows, not education levels directly.
This Eurostat dataset contains information about the age profile and the destinations of these migrants - but not about education levels.
a cleaner measure
a measure
Eurostat's less-known
a different, less known Eurostat
life. A professional earning EUR 75,000 gross takes home EUR 14,550 less per year in Munich than in Zurich.
life.
burden;
burden: a professional earning EUR 75,000 gross takes home EUR 14,550 less per year in Munich than in Zurich;
Germany's top three destinations
The top three destinations for German migrants
-79% and -80%
net losses reduced by 79% and 80%
separate from Sweden's immigration policy changes
with an extremely high share of families with children among the leaving persons
Its loss of domestically born citizens
After only slightly net negative migration numbers for domestically born citizens in the 2010s, the losses
hasn't reached the people born there
has only reached passport holders yet
part of the 2024 spike may reflect
the 2024 spike may be exaggerated, as it is partly due to
show Spain gaining +6,616 citizens
for 2024 show for Spain a net migration gain of +6,616 citizens
the underlying trend remains clear
nevertheless, the underlying brain-drain trend remains clear
Up
Second only to Germany, and up
the largest
the second largest
2024), but the
2024). But it's an important and often overlooked part: The
Germany's
It's only a part of the whole migration story, eg. Germany's
drain. Our data measures its scale using birthplace, the most granular measure available in European official statistics.
drain: people a country invested in from day 1 opt to continue (or start) their career somewhere else. It's a widespread trend in Europe - 17 of 19 measured countries suffer net losses.
tens
hundreds