Migration Statistic National results Flow of emigration abroad of people aged 16 and over by year, sex, country of birth (Spanish/foreign) and relationship with economic activity Unidades: Movimientos migratorios 2021 2020 2019 Both sexes Total Total 339.358 219.491 262.989 Ocupados 33.218 24.436 33.611 Unemployed persons 13.980 7.581 9.625 Incapacitado permanente 1.012 771 871 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 5.991 21.836 23.357 Student 8.906 4.101 4.471 Otros inactivos 275.060 159.941 189.969 No data recorded 1.191 825 1.085 Spain Total 38.218 33.025 40.189 Ocupados 6.907 6.561 8.419 Unemployed persons 2.837 1.877 2.183 Incapacitado permanente 343 312 338 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 1.527 1.966 2.271 Student 1.996 1.884 2.110 Otros inactivos 24.284 20.245 24.670 No data recorded 324 180 198 Abroad Total 301.140 186.466 222.800 Ocupados 26.311 17.875 25.192 Unemployed persons 11.143 5.704 7.442 Incapacitado permanente 669 459 533 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 4.464 19.870 21.086 Student 6.910 2.217 2.361 Otros inactivos 250.776 139.696 165.299 No data recorded 867 645 887 Males Total Total 184.668 118.567 142.041 Ocupados 23.253 16.644 22.365 Unemployed persons 8.325 4.455 5.791 Incapacitado permanente 731 573 643 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 3.284 10.445 11.064 Student 4.232 2.065 2.274 Otros inactivos 144.078 83.858 99.193 No data recorded 765 527 711 Spain Total 20.626 17.820 21.499 Ocupados 4.615 4.293 5.361 Unemployed persons 1.568 1.011 1.182 Incapacitado permanente 246 223 237 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 974 1.093 1.289 Student 939 892 1.042 Otros inactivos 12.099 10.209 12.278 No data recorded 185 99 110 Abroad Total 164.042 100.747 120.542 Ocupados 18.638 12.351 17.004 Unemployed persons 6.757 3.444 4.609 Incapacitado permanente 485 350 406 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 2.310 9.352 9.775 Student 3.293 1.173 1.232 Otros inactivos 131.979 73.649 86.915 No data recorded 580 428 601 Females Total Total 154.690 100.924 120.948 Ocupados 9.965 7.792 11.246 Unemployed persons 5.655 3.126 3.834 Incapacitado permanente 281 198 228 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 2.707 11.391 12.293 Student 4.674 2.036 2.197 Otros inactivos 130.982 76.083 90.776 No data recorded 426 298 374 Spain Total 17.592 15.205 18.690 Ocupados 2.292 2.268 3.058 Unemployed persons 1.269 866 1.001 Incapacitado permanente 97 89 101 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 553 873 982 Student 1.057 992 1.068 Otros inactivos 12.185 10.036 12.392 No data recorded 139 81 88 Abroad Total 137.098 85.719 102.258 Ocupados 7.673 5.524 8.188 Unemployed persons 4.386 2.260 2.833 Incapacitado permanente 184 109 127 Pensioner, retiree, early retiree 2.154 10.518 11.311 Student 3.617 1.044 1.129 Otros inactivos 118.797 66.047 78.384 No data recorded 287 217 286 Notas: The relationship with the activity is obtained for the data from 2019. The category 'Spain' in the variable 'Country of birth' includes the former Spanish territories. Las variables "Nivel de estudios", "Relación con la actividad económica" y "Ocupación", relativas a la emigración definitiva del 2021, se van a proporcionar más tarde: tras la publicación de la información adicional recogida en el Censo 2021, a partir de febrero 2023. Fuente: