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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2022 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 50,107
2021 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,188
2020 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 42,788
2019 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,379
2018 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 50,353
2017 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,536
2016 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 51,192
2015 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 54,754
Source:
2015-2021: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
2022: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
2022 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 55,972
2021 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 55,896
2020 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 51,759
2019 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 54,834
2018 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 53,042
2017 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 48,320
2016 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 47,303
2015 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 49,651
Source:
2015-2021: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
2022: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
2022 z Category not applicable -5,865 -5,865
2021 z Category not applicable -3,708 -3,708
2020 z Category not applicable -8,971 -8,971
2019 z Category not applicable -2,455 -2,455
2018 z Category not applicable -2,689 -2,689
2017 z Category not applicable 4,216 4,216
2016 z Category not applicable 3,889 3,889
2015 z Category not applicable 5,103 5,103
Source:
2015-2021: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
2022: Idescat, based on the INE Migrations and Changes of Residence Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: March 25, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.