Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2012, Luxembourg ranked the highest in annual emigration as a percentage of total population with 2.00% followed by Ireland and Cyprus. On the other end of the scale was Slovakia with 0.037%, Macedonia with 0.067% and Italy with 0.179%.
Data for more countries are available at Total Emigration, Annual (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Total Emigration, Annual (As % of Population) | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.833% | 0.853% | 0.931% | ... | 0.603% | ||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.656% | 1.07% | 0.975% | 0.901% | 0.389% | |||||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.860% | 0.760% | 0.698% | 0.722% | 0.747% | ||||||||||
| Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.08% | ||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.52% | 2.43% | 2.96% | 2.19% | 1.72% | ||||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.920% | 0.991% | 1.38% | 1.48% | 1.75% | ||||||||||
| Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.239% | 0.193% | 0.281% | 0.350% | 1.90% | ||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.389% | 0.434% | 0.541% | 0.708% | 2.71% | ||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.93% | 2.24% | 2.06% | 1.84% | 1.83% | ||||||||||
| Malta | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.458% | 1.20% | 1.57% | 1.75% | 0.989% | |||
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.123% | 0.093% | 0.195% | ... | 0.571% | ||||||||||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.906% | ||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.684% | 0.740% | 0.596% | 0.919% | 0.776% | ||||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.323% | 0.508% | 0.589% | 0.707% | 0.873% | ||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.18% | 1.19% | 1.13% | 1.11% | 1.24% |
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