UN Data Shows Fewer Spaniards Emigrate Abroad Than any other European Nation
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Spain is a wonderful place to live and with it
being so great why leave ?
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Now some interesting data has been released by the UN
showing that only 2.7% of Spaniards choose to live abroad; this is the lowest
figure in all of Europe.
The UN map shows that many nations in Eastern Europe
experience high rates of emigration from the native population. Bosnia and
Herzegovina in particular lose 43.3% of their native population to other
nations.
The rest of the top five is made up of Albania (38.8%),
Macedonia (24.8%), Portugal (22.3%) and Montenegro (22.1%). Other top scorers
included Ireland at 18.8% and Romania with 17.5%.
7.6% of native Brits are currently living abroad. The
Scandinavian countries seem to offer enough to keep the natives at home as
Norway and Sweden have only 3.7% and 3.4% of their native population living
abroad respectively, while Finland has 5.4%.
There were a few years when the recession got really bad in
which thousands of Spaniards flocked the Germany and the UK to find work. While
a number of these people chose to stay where they ended up, the UN data shows
that, as the Spanish economy recovered, the Spaniards came back home.
Given the affordability of the country, along with the fine Spanish cuisine, climate, and natural beauty, it’s understandable that Spain manages to
be a perennial favourite with Spaniards and foreign visitors alike.
The UN put together another map that showcases the most
popular destinations for each nation. According to this map Brits are most
likely to head to Australia, while the Irish typically go to the UK, Germans
head to the US, and most of Eastern Europe heads to Germany.
One interesting piece of data is that Spaniards are most
likely to go to France, while the French are most likely to go to Spain.
