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Internal emigration rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Emigration rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1995 1990
Alt Camp 45.9 48.4 44.7 37.3 40.3 42.4 38.7 41.2 43.6 43.6 41.9 42.6 44.6 43.9 46.3 45.6 42.6 46.7 39.2 39.3 38.3 36.9 26.7 29.2 26.8 22.6 24.4 21.5 17.3
Alt Empordà 49.8 48.4 46.0 43.8 49.6 48.5 46.8 46.7 48.6 47.9 48.2 47.4 49.0 49.6 46.9 49.2 53.6 55.7 49.6 47.0 48.5 47.9 34.0 38.4 41.5 38.4 31.4 34.6 31.5
Alt Penedès 44.2 44.0 43.1 39.5 43.3 47.0 40.1 40.2 44.6 45.6 44.8 42.7 46.0 47.0 48.6 47.7 51.4 52.8 51.7 48.2 44.7 40.1 31.3 34.3 32.4 28.5 27.2 25.4 18.0
Alt Urgell 48.4 47.3 46.6 42.7 43.5 45.3 39.2 43.5 41.2 43.5 40.1 38.3 41.9 45.0 40.3 46.8 54.9 55.9 49.3 45.0 44.3 36.0 27.1 29.9 32.6 30.2 22.5 27.4 23.7
Alta Ribagorça 50.4 43.5 43.1 35.4 50.7 51.2 40.9 46.3 46.1 38.5 52.7 50.6 62.7 53.7 55.8 54.6 65.3 74.4 55.1 48.6 50.5 45.5 34.0 27.3 35.1 31.4 23.5 29.1 23.0
Anoia 42.7 48.5 46.2 42.1 43.5 42.5 43.6 42.0 44.5 47.4 46.3 46.1 46.7 47.9 45.5 46.1 49.0 53.4 50.1 46.4 44.4 38.8 31.9 30.7 32.0 28.6 25.7 24.7 17.4
Aran 57.5 54.7 64.7 49.0 61.3 57.4 58.8 57.3 63.3 61.8 54.6 62.3 67.3 66.9 72.0 75.2 73.8 80.1 72.4 68.3 59.8 64.1 57.8 45.9 53.4 44.5 36.7 42.1 34.1
Bages 38.2 38.9 39.7 34.0 38.9 37.1 36.1 34.4 36.1 37.1 37.7 38.8 38.7 39.1 39.3 39.3 39.8 41.8 38.6 35.2 33.5 31.6 23.1 25.0 24.4 24.5 20.0 21.2 16.1
Baix Camp 38.8 39.9 37.5 33.8 38.2 38.7 36.3 36.6 39.5 37.3 39.6 40.9 41.0 42.1 40.9 44.0 46.8 46.3 44.3 43.0 42.3 36.1 27.9 30.2 28.8 25.6 23.0 21.9 17.8
Baix Ebre 37.5 37.7 35.8 30.7 38.4 37.5 32.7 33.7 34.4 34.1 32.7 33.5 33.9 34.6 34.0 37.8 42.9 42.3 39.1 31.9 29.5 26.9 20.4 24.6 19.9 18.7 16.6 16.1 13.9
Baix Empordà 45.4 45.4 45.1 40.6 45.7 45.2 43.0 42.5 44.8 47.3 46.0 44.8 47.2 48.3 49.6 49.7 52.2 55.1 51.2 48.6 45.7 45.5 32.9 36.2 36.2 34.7 29.2 29.3 24.6
Baix Llobregat 41.4 43.3 44.8 39.0 42.4 41.9 38.7 37.6 39.4 39.7 40.4 41.4 41.4 44.1 43.0 44.5 48.9 54.3 55.0 52.9 51.9 46.5 37.7 36.9 36.1 34.1 30.8 30.6 22.6
Baix Penedès 59.5 60.3 62.0 51.3 62.2 62.7 58.6 59.1 64.8 64.5 67.2 66.2 67.6 67.3 66.5 66.0 67.8 72.4 70.2 67.2 68.8 58.9 48.0 50.0 45.8 44.4 40.6 39.9 32.0
Barcelonès 41.3 39.7 43.5 39.7 40.1 38.3 34.8 33.4 36.2 36.0 37.0 39.0 39.8 41.9 42.3 44.5 48.8 51.1 51.0 48.7 47.3 41.4 31.2 33.5 33.3 32.3 28.7 27.1 18.9
Berguedà 44.1 44.6 43.5 38.1 40.3 40.2 36.0 33.5 35.8 35.2 39.6 40.8 40.3 39.4 39.8 37.5 40.6 41.2 39.4 33.5 33.9 30.5 25.4 26.8 23.0 22.2 20.2 22.2 20.8
Cerdanya 63.0 60.1 51.1 44.3 57.2 54.3 47.0 52.9 54.2 59.2 63.9 67.0 51.2 50.5 56.5 57.6 62.2 63.5 60.5 53.5 56.3 50.5 37.3 34.4 38.3 38.6 32.2 39.8 30.5
Conca de Barberà 40.8 35.4 35.3 33.3 39.2 41.6 33.4 31.0 39.2 37.7 38.6 38.1 42.4 45.5 44.8 45.1 40.8 49.1 39.6 36.7 38.7 33.9 24.7 28.8 20.5 21.4 15.5 20.7 17.6
Garraf 46.7 47.3 47.3 41.1 48.3 48.8 45.2 45.1 45.2 47.3 45.7 46.3 47.4 49.1 49.9 49.0 50.9 54.4 53.6 55.1 50.2 45.0 35.1 37.1 36.8 34.8 29.3 28.1 20.5
Garrigues 35.9 40.1 36.6 30.1 35.6 37.0 33.1 37.6 36.5 38.7 37.1 34.1 35.8 38.0 36.8 37.7 42.2 38.3 39.0 34.7 35.2 31.9 22.2 23.9 21.2 19.2 17.3 16.9 15.3
Garrotxa 41.5 39.5 34.8 31.5 36.4 34.4 33.6 33.6 36.6 36.2 35.4 35.0 36.4 41.0 38.7 37.3 37.9 41.2 37.0 32.4 34.1 30.1 25.5 24.2 22.9 21.2 18.5 17.9 19.6
Gironès 45.8 47.0 48.2 45.8 50.4 49.2 45.0 43.7 48.3 48.4 49.6 50.7 53.3 52.8 53.1 52.4 59.6 61.3 54.0 52.4 49.7 44.8 34.2 36.7 38.6 36.4 30.9 31.6 25.5
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Maresme 42.2 45.2 45.5 39.8 44.7 43.8 41.4 40.0 42.6 43.4 43.6 44.6 43.1 43.9 43.1 43.5 48.7 52.5 52.3 50.5 47.5 44.7 35.3 37.3 36.8 35.4 31.0 27.8 22.1
Moianès 48.5 51.1 51.8 38.6 46.9 48.0 43.5 41.6 44.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Montsià 40.2 37.9 37.6 34.1 38.6 35.3 34.5 33.6 38.1 36.3 34.8 37.0 39.6 37.1 36.1 37.7 39.8 39.2 36.9 32.0 32.5 31.1 23.6 21.7 18.7 17.0 14.8 15.7 11.7
Noguera 41.5 40.1 39.8 31.7 39.5 39.2 38.1 35.8 38.7 38.6 40.1 39.5 39.1 41.6 35.5 39.8 47.4 49.2 45.3 41.5 33.9 30.6 23.4 22.8 20.6 23.7 21.1 19.3 12.7
Osona 42.4 42.6 38.8 35.8 41.0 38.9 36.0 36.3 37.1 36.3 37.5 36.4 37.6 38.9 38.6 37.8 40.7 43.8 42.2 38.9 36.0 34.8 27.1 27.5 28.9 25.0 23.2 21.7 18.1
Pallars Jussà 58.3 55.9 45.1 55.1 60.7 69.4 66.3 68.9 69.3 56.3 50.9 73.2 79.9 56.3 50.3 48.7 56.7 49.0 42.7 40.4 41.3 34.8 29.9 30.3 30.7 29.0 29.4 24.9 21.5
Pallars Sobirà 50.8 55.5 49.9 38.9 55.6 57.9 47.6 44.4 45.6 44.0 51.3 49.5 54.8 59.7 48.7 61.0 64.3 68.2 63.8 60.9 55.4 52.6 38.2 27.0 25.9 26.2 24.0 25.5 27.8
Pla d'Urgell 38.4 39.5 37.0 30.6 39.3 39.5 38.1 37.1 36.9 37.7 38.6 37.9 38.2 41.3 40.2 39.3 52.8 49.7 44.6 44.4 38.8 35.3 25.3 21.0 25.2 21.1 18.5 19.3 14.2
Pla de l'Estany 37.3 36.7 37.9 32.9 39.1 38.1 33.2 33.9 35.5 39.7 34.2 36.5 37.6 37.3 36.5 38.5 40.5 39.9 41.2 37.4 41.2 37.5 30.7 34.1 32.1 26.5 21.8 26.6 22.3
Priorat 38.4 45.2 42.3 37.6 43.5 39.9 34.5 33.5 40.9 38.0 36.8 42.8 39.0 42.5 37.9 34.0 42.3 43.9 39.2 34.9 36.5 31.1 23.6 23.7 23.8 19.2 20.3 22.1 18.4
Ribera d'Ebre 42.2 40.9 40.5 32.6 39.8 39.4 38.9 38.1 37.3 36.8 34.2 36.7 35.7 40.4 36.8 35.7 41.3 39.2 39.2 36.6 35.1 27.9 25.0 27.3 24.6 21.4 19.2 20.3 19.6
Ripollès 44.6 45.7 40.3 32.1 37.7 35.2 36.4 33.1 36.1 36.2 36.3 35.6 38.5 37.2 43.4 41.1 38.2 39.2 40.7 34.3 33.7 33.1 29.5 24.1 23.7 22.3 20.3 20.8 21.5
Segarra 38.3 46.9 36.6 31.6 40.0 40.3 37.5 38.1 40.6 35.8 35.2 34.7 36.7 37.5 39.4 41.7 52.5 60.3 54.9 53.9 50.9 46.2 32.3 27.1 30.3 25.2 22.0 23.2 24.5
Segrià 34.3 34.7 33.4 30.9 33.7 33.5 33.1 33.4 34.7 34.7 34.3 36.4 36.2 38.7 37.3 39.3 45.6 46.1 46.3 41.9 33.1 27.7 19.7 20.9 23.7 22.2 17.5 18.7 14.9
Selva 42.7 43.2 42.5 37.9 44.2 41.6 42.2 41.3 44.2 46.8 46.6 46.3 47.4 47.3 48.4 47.4 50.8 51.5 50.7 47.9 46.8 41.6 31.4 31.9 30.8 30.0 25.5 25.9 22.6
Solsonès 37.9 39.8 31.7 29.6 38.9 35.5 37.4 36.4 42.6 45.2 38.0 31.2 38.0 36.3 36.3 36.2 38.2 35.0 38.5 32.6 33.9 22.5 23.2 17.4 18.1 18.6 16.5 19.5 16.4
Tarragonès 47.0 46.7 47.6 40.8 47.0 46.8 43.6 43.6 47.6 46.0 46.5 49.7 50.5 51.4 47.9 50.1 53.8 54.3 48.8 43.4 43.7 37.9 28.1 33.2 29.8 28.8 25.4 27.4 22.6
Terra Alta 31.0 33.9 25.1 22.5 30.1 28.2 20.5 25.5 26.8 24.8 27.1 23.1 23.6 25.6 21.4 24.6 31.1 31.6 25.3 21.1 19.7 19.4 14.1 19.2 12.7 15.8 10.3 10.7 9.8
Urgell 36.0 39.0 37.8 29.9 35.0 34.4 34.3 34.0 37.3 35.5 38.8 36.9 40.7 40.5 39.4 38.6 46.3 49.1 49.7 46.1 42.4 37.9 25.3 25.0 28.7 25.2 17.5 18.7 15.9
Vallès Occidental 35.9 36.7 37.9 32.9 36.4 35.3 33.3 32.7 34.0 34.5 35.1 35.3 35.5 37.0 36.5 36.8 41.3 44.2 42.1 42.0 38.9 35.6 28.0 27.9 27.4 26.1 22.4 22.7 17.6
Vallès Oriental 46.0 47.0 47.0 40.9 47.4 45.6 42.9 43.4 45.9 47.5 47.0 46.8 46.8 48.2 48.7 47.7 52.3 58.5 57.3 56.1 54.8 50.0 40.3 40.6 41.3 37.6 33.5 33.1 23.1
Catalonia 41.7 42.0 43.0 38.3 41.8 40.7 37.9 37.1 39.5 39.7 40.2 41.2 41.8 43.3 42.9 44.0 48.1 50.9 49.5 47.2 45.4 40.7 31.4 32.7 32.3 30.7 27.0 26.4 19.8
Metropolità 40.8 40.9 43.1 38.4 40.8 39.5 36.5 35.4 37.7 38.0 38.7 39.9 40.2 42.4 42.3 43.5 47.9 51.2 50.7 49.1 47.2 42.2 32.8 34.0 33.7 32.2 28.5 27.3 19.7
Comarques Gironines 45.0 45.1 44.2 40.6 46.0 44.5 42.7 42.0 44.9 46.0 45.8 45.7 47.6 48.0 48.1 48.0 51.8 53.6 49.5 46.7 45.7 42.7 32.2 34.1 34.7 32.6 27.5 28.6 25.0
Camp de Tarragona 43.5 43.9 43.1 37.6 42.9 43.1 39.9 40.1 43.8 42.1 43.1 45.2 45.9 50.2 48.4 50.0 52.3 53.7 49.4 46.1 46.1 39.8 30.3 33.7 30.7 28.6 25.8 26.0 21.1
Terres de l'Ebre 38.7 37.9 36.4 31.7 38.1 36.3 33.4 33.7 35.6 34.7 33.3 34.5 35.6 35.7 34.3 36.6 40.7 40.0 37.3 31.7 30.6 28.0 21.7 23.5 19.6 18.2 15.8 16.5 13.6
Ponent 36.0 37.3 35.2 30.9 35.5 35.4 34.5 34.6 36.1 35.8 36.0 36.7 37.2 39.4 37.7 39.3 46.9 47.6 46.4 42.9 36.0 31.3 22.2 22.5 24.7 22.9 18.6 19.4 15.6
Comarques Centrals 40.5 41.2 39.7 35.0 39.9 38.2 36.2 35.2 36.8 36.9 37.9 37.8 38.4 41.0 40.5 40.2 42.2 44.8 42.3 38.6 36.7 33.8 26.4 26.9 27.1 25.1 22.1 22.1 17.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 55.6 53.8 50.1 45.5 54.0 55.1 49.7 52.6 53.3 52.0 51.7 56.8 57.0 53.3 52.0 55.4 61.0 62.0 55.6 50.9 49.9 44.8 35.2 31.0 33.5 31.4 26.5 29.4 24.7
Penedès 48.1 49.8 49.5 43.3 49.1 49.9 46.6 46.3 49.2 50.8 50.2 49.7 51.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Barcelona 41.1 41.3 43.1 38.4 41.1 39.9 36.9 35.9 38.1 38.5 39.1 40.1 40.5 42.3 42.2 43.2 47.4 50.7 50.0 48.2 46.3 41.5 32.3 33.4 33.1 31.6 27.9 26.9 19.5
Girona 45.3 45.4 44.3 40.6 46.2 44.6 42.7 42.1 45.0 46.1 46.1 45.9 47.7 48.0 48.2 48.3 52.1 53.8 49.8 46.8 45.9 42.9 32.3 34.1 34.7 32.7 27.6 28.8 25.1
Lleida 38.5 39.4 37.1 32.8 38.0 38.2 36.9 37.1 38.7 38.1 37.9 39.2 40.2 41.3 39.5 41.4 48.5 49.2 47.3 43.6 37.8 32.7 24.0 23.4 25.6 23.8 19.4 20.5 16.8
Tarragona 44.7 44.8 44.1 38.1 44.3 44.1 40.8 41.1 44.6 43.2 43.8 45.3 46.2 46.8 45.0 46.8 49.5 50.4 46.4 42.5 42.2 36.8 28.1 31.1 27.8 25.8 23.1 23.4 18.9
Source:
1990-2020: Idescat. Population estimates and Statistic for residential variations (EVR).
2021-2023: Idescat. Population estimates and Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
Note: Emigration per 1,000 inhabitants.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 21, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal emigration rate
Quotient between the internal emigrations in a given year and the population halfway through the period. It is expressed in so many per thousand.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.